8 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2016/0130(COD)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of EU worker protection framework provisions, the limit values should be revised when necessregularly in the light of available scientific dataand technical data concerning carcinogens or mutagens; consideration should also be given to improving measurement techniques, risk management measures, and other relevant factors.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) For some carcinogens and mutagens it is necessary to consider other alternative absorption pathways, including the possibility of penetration through the skin, in order to ensure the best possible level of protectionhighest possible level of protection in accordance with the observance and application of the precautionary principle and in order to ensure the highest possible level of protection for the health and safety of workers, consumers and the environment.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits ( ‘the Committee’) assists the Commission, in particular, in evaluatingidentifying, evaluating and analysing in detail the latest available scientific data and in proposing occupational exposure limits for the protection of workers from chemical risks, to be set at EU level pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC47 and Directive 2004/37/EC. For the chemical agents o- toluidine and 2-nitropropane, there were no Committee recommendations available and other sources of scientific information, adequately robust and in the public domain, were considered.48, 49 __________________ 47 Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 131, 05.05.1998, p. 11). 48 http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monograph s/vol77/mono77-11.pdf http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monograph s/vol99/mono99-15.pdf and http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monograph s/vol100F/mono100F-11.pdf 49 http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monograph s/vol1-42/mono29.pdf and http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monograph s/vol71/mono71-49.pdf
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is sufficient specific and conclusive evidence of the carcinogenicity of respirable crystalline silica dust. On the basis of available information, including scientific and technical data, a limit value for respirable crystalline silica dust should be established. Respirable crystalline silica dust generated by a work process is not subject to classification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.50 It is therefore appropriate to include work involving exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust generated by a work process or other related process in Annex I to Directive 2004/37/EC and to establish a limit value for respirable crystalline silica dust ('respirable fraction') . __________________ 50 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To ensure the observance and application of the precautionary principle regarding the health and safety of workers, consumers and the environment, the limit values set out in Annex III to Directive 2004/37/EC for vinyl chloride monomer and hardwood dusts shouldmust be revised in the light of more recent scientific data.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) This amendment to Directive 2004/37 / EC improves and strengthens the protection of workers' health and safety at their workplace, thus helping to increase the effectiveness of the relevant EU law and ensure greater clarity and fairer competition for economic operators.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular in Article 31(1) thereofthe fundamental right to life and the right to fair and just working conditions with respect to people's health, safety and dignity under Articles 2 and 31(1) respectively.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Given that the present act concerns thein particular the protection of workers' health and safety at their workplace, the deadline for transposition should be two yearsnot be later than two years from the date of entry into force of this Directive.