3 Amendments of José BOVÉ related to 2017/0004(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Directive 2004/37/EC should be amended to strengthen health surveillance. Due to the lack of consistent data on substance exposure, it is necessary to protect exposed workers and professional users or workers and professional users who are at risk of exposure by enforcing mandatory health surveillance, rather than surveying only when it is deemed to be necessary. Due to the gaps in data collection it is not clear when health surveillance is to be deemed to be necessary. It would therefore be prudent to ensure mandatory life-long health surveillance for all exposed workers and professional users.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Appropriate and consistent data collection by Member States is necessary to improve and ensure safety and proper care for workers and professional users. The Commission should support best practice exercises on data collection between Member States and propose how data collection can be improved. The Commission should also require Member States to provide it with information for the purposes of its reports on the implementation of Directive 2004/37/EC.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) The burden of proof should not be on the victims of the exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins. Instead, wider rights for workers and professional users to claim compensation should be established. Member States should, as soon as possible, introduce into their national laws, regulations or administrative, provisions concerning scientifically recognised occupational diseases that give rise to compensation, and the right of a worker or a professional user to claim compensation in respect of the occupational diseases based on the Commission Recommendation C(2003) 3297 of 19 September 2003 concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases. Insurance and compensation entities should adopt a harmonised approach to the recognition of and compensation for diseases resulting from exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work.