Activites

• 1996/09/18 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 1996/58
  • OJ L 236 18.09.1996, p. 0044
• 1996/09/03 Final act signed
• 1996/09/03 End of procedure in Parliament
• #1945
• 1996/07/25 Council Meeting
• 1996/07/17 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0394/1996 summary

    In adopting the recommendation for second reading by Mr Friedrich WOLF (Greens, D), Parliament approved the common position of the Council. �

• 1996/06/26 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0226/1996
• 1996/06/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #1935
• 1996/06/10 Council Meeting
  • 05203/1/1996 summary

    The only change made by the common position of the Council to the original proposal by the Commission consisted of setting a deadline (01/01/1997) for transposition of the Directive by the Member States instead of a date which would have varied in relation to the date of final adoption of the Directive (3 months after adoption). �

• 1996/05/22 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0235/1996 summary

    Adopting the report by Mr WOLF (V, D), the European Parliament approved the proposal to amend a directive without amendment.�

• 1996/04/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0137/1996
• 1995/12/11 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/11/17 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0552 summary

    OBJECTIVE: the proposal for a directive aims to abolish the requirement to indicate on each item of PPE (personal protective equipment) the year in which the "EC" marking was affixed. This administrative simplification would cut PPE manufacturing costs by 5% without affecting the level of safety (the date of obsolescence and the lifetime of PPEs subject to ageing are retained). SUBSTANCE: abolition of the requirement to indicate on each item of PPE the year in which the "EC" marking was affixed (i.e. the year of manufacture of the PPE). This indication was not beneficial to the safety of the user of the equipment and might be confused with the date of obsolescence which must be affixed to PPEs subject to ageing. The Member States will be required to implement this directive from 1 January 1997. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0552
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0137/1996
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0235/1996
• Council position published: 05203/1/1996
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0226/1996
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0394/1996
• : Directive 1996/58
• : OJ L 236 18.09.1996, p. 0044

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)