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SOC/659

SOC/659

Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work

Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work

OPINION


  European Economic and Social Committee


  Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work

  [COM(2020) 0571 - 2020/0262 (COD)]

OPINION

European Economic and Social Committee

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work

[COM(2020) 0571 - 2020/0262 (COD)]

Referral

| Referral | Council of the European Union, 21/10/2020


  European Parliament, 5/10/2020 |
| --- | --- |
| Legal basis | Articles 153 (2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| Section responsible | Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship |
| Adopted at plenary | 02/12/2020 |
| Plenary session No | 556 |
| Outcome of vote
  (for/against/abstentions) | 224/0/6 |

Referral

Council of the European Union, 21/10/2020

Council of the European Union, 21/10/2020

European Parliament, 5/10/2020

European Parliament, 5/10/2020

Legal basis

Legal basis

Articles 153 (2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Articles 153 (2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Section responsible

Section responsible

Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship

Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship

Adopted at plenary

Adopted at plenary

02/12/2020

02/12/2020

Plenary session No

Plenary session No

556

556

Outcome of vote
  (for/against/abstentions)

Outcome of vote
  (for/against/abstentions)

224/0/6

224/0/6

Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinions, namely SOC/545 – Protection from cancer-causing chemicals, adopted on 21 September 2016, SOC/559 – Protection of workers from carcinogens or mutagens at work, adopted on 31 May 2017, SOC/591 – Protection of workers from carcinogens or mutagens at work, adopted on 19 September 2018, and CCMI/130 – Freeing the EU from asbestos, adopted on 18 February 2015
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  , it decided, at its 556th plenary session of 2 and 3 December 2020, by 224 votes with 6 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned documents.

Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinions, namely SOC/545 – Protection from cancer-causing chemicals, adopted on 21 September 2016, SOC/559 – Protection of workers from carcinogens or mutagens at work, adopted on 31 May 2017, SOC/591 – Protection of workers from carcinogens or mutagens at work, adopted on 19 September 2018, and CCMI/130 – Freeing the EU from asbestos, adopted on 18 February 2015

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, it decided, at its 556th plenary session of 2 and 3 December 2020, by 224 votes with 6 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned documents.

Brussels, 2 December 2020

Brussels, 2 December 2020

Christa SCHWENG

  The president of the European Economic and Social Committee

Christa SCHWENG

The president of the European Economic and Social Committee

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