20 Amendments of Karima DELLI related to 2012/2065(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Resolution of 29 June 1978 on an action programme of the European Communities on safety and health at work, in particular article 41 __________________ 1 4. Develop a preventive and protective action for substances recognized as being carcinogenic, by fixing exposure limits, sampling requirements and measuring methods, and satisfactory conditions of hygiene at the work place, and by specifying prohibitions where necessary.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas as early as 1977 a group of experts commissioned by the European Commission concluded: 'There is no theoretical evidence for an exposure threshold below which cancers will not occur. A safe exposure level to asbestos has not been established', whereas this opinion has been affirmed over the years by all relevant scientific advisory bodies, whereas it is generally accepted by courts that there is no known threshold exposure to asbestos below which there is no risk,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas local communities lack expertise and have serious shortcomings in the execution of prevention, surveillance and enforcement tasks, which are often too fragmented;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas, in line with Directive 92/57/EEC1, in dangerous situations facilities must be provided to enable working clothes to be kept in a place separate from workers' own clothes and personal effects __________________ 1 Directive 92/57/EEC: Annex IV PART A GENERAL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ON-SITE WORKPLACES 14.1.2 If circumstances so require (e.g. ►C1 dangerous substances ◄, humidity, dirt), facilities must be provided to enable working clothes to be kept in a place separate from workers' own clothes and personal effects.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas asbestos exposure is a threat to the general population and causes diseases to a recognised extent1; __________________ 1 A parliamentary committee concluded in 1978 after an 18-month investigatory period that asbestos presented ‘a danger both to workers in the asbestos industry and to those exposed in other situations’ (European Parliament 1978)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the EU to make asbestos screening and registration obligatory; urges member states who already implement such compulsory schemes to increase efficiency of screening;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the EU to develop models for monitoring existing asbestos in private and public buildings including residential and non-residential housing, land, infrastructure, logistics and piping;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EU to establish action plans for owners of public buildings for the safe removal of asbestos by 2025 and to encourage private house owners to audit their premises for ACMs;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the EU to make the differentiation between friable and non- friable asbestos compulsory;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU to set up minimum requirements for mandatory asbestos- specific qualifications for civil engineers, architects and, employees of registered asbestos removal companies and to provide asbestos-specific qualifications for the training of other workers likely to be exposed to asbestos such as employees of the shipbuilding industry or farmers, with a strong focus on people effectively in charge of removing asbestos on the ground, by strengthening their training, their protective equipment, the control of their activity by the Labour Inspectorate;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to propose a specific directive with minimum requirements for the vocational training of construction and maintenance workers and management, including construction professionals who are working incidentally with asbestos;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU through SLIC and national labour inspectorates to ensure that labour inspectors receive ACM training, and that labour inspectors in the field should receive proper protection equipment;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the EU to start action plans for asbestos removal at European, national and regional levels, which are to include: legislation; education and information; training for public employees; national and international training; awareness-raising activities related to the removal of asbestos and products containing asbestos from buildings, public amenities and sites of former asbestos factories; cleaning premises, building landfills and installations for the destruction of asbestos and asbestos-containing debris; monitoring of the implementation of regulations, exposure assessments of at-risk personnel, and health protection; in the case of global withdrawal actions plans, national Labour ministers should coordinate the action while Labour inspectorates should control the conformity of local withdrawal plans;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the EU to replace the phase- contrast optical microscopy (PCOM) method by the Accuracy of Transmission Electron Microscopy (ATEM) which is more accurate and provides for a better detection of thin particles;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the EU to strengthen ex ante evaluations of substitution products for asbestos;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to urgently put forward a proposal to amend Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to carcinogens and mutagens at work, ensuring that the health of workers at risk of being exposed to carcinogens be protected and safeguarded through the promotion and exchange of best practices in prevention and diagnosis;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU to ensure that all asbestos-related occupational diseasdiseases, including pleural plaques, are recognised and compensated for;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the EU to address the unacceptable dumping of asbestos on developing countries at forums where trade agreements are being discussed, in particular at the WTO, and to exert diplomatic and financial pressure on asbestos-exporting countries to shut down asbestos mining industries and to stop the illegal and unethical practice of exporting end-of-life ships containing asbestos;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Condemns European financial investment in global asbestos industries;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that vessels carrying asbestos as cargo in transit can neither dock nor use port facilities or temporary storage within the EU;