No C 229/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 9. 89 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amended proposal for a Council Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related 
to exposure td carcinogens at work (') 
COM(89) 405 final — SYN 110 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty on 2 August 1989) 
(89/C 229/06) 
(') OJ No C 34, 8. 2. 1988, p. 9. 
Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 8 
of Directive 80/1107/EEC Individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 of 
Directive 89/391/EEC 
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 118 A 
thereof, unchanged 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
drafted following consultation with the Advisory 
Committee on safety, hygiene and health protection at 
work, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 118 A of the Treaty, the 
Council shall adopt, by means of a Directive, minimum 
requirements in order to encourage improvements, 
especially in the working environment, as regards the 
health and safety of workers; Whereas Article 118 A of the Treaty provides that the 
Council shall adopt, by means of a Directive, minimum 
requirements in order to encourage improvements, 
especially in the working environment, so as to 
guarantee better protection of the health and safety of 
workers, 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL 
Whereas the Council resolution of 27 February 1984 on 
a second action programme of the European 
Communities on safety and health at work (') provides 
for the development of protective measures for workers 
exposed to carcinogens; 
Whereas Council Directive 80/1107/EEC of 27 
November 1980 on the protection of workers from the 
risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and bio­
logical agents at work (J) laid down such principles 
which have to be taken into account for such protection; 
Whereas, under the terms of the said Directive, such 
protection should as far as possible be ensured by 
measures to prevent exposure or to keep it at as low a 
level as is reasonably practicable; 
Whereas Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 
1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and 
administrative provisions relating to the classification, 
packaging and labelling of dangerous substances contains 
a list of dangerous substances (5), together with 
particulars of the classification and labelling procedures 
in respect of each substance; whereas this list has been 
adapted in the light of present scientific and technical 
knowledge, most recently by Directive 87/432/EEC (6); 
;•) OJ No C 67, 8. 3. 1984, p. 2. 
;2) OJ No C 28, 3. 2. 1988, p. 3. 
;J) OJ No L 327, 3. 12. 1980, p. 8. 
;4) OJ No L 183, 29. 6. 1989, p. 1. 
;s) OJ No 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1. 
[•) OJ No L 239, 21. 8. 1987, p. 1. 
;7) OJ No L 187, 16. 7. 1988, p. 14. AMENDED PROPOSAL 
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Whereas the communication from the Commission on its 
programme concerning safety, hygiene and health at 
work (2) provides for the adoption of directives to 
guarantee the safety and health of workers; 
Whereas this Directive is an individual Directive within 
the meaning of Article 16 of the Council Directive 
89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 (4) on the introduction of 
measures to encourage improvements in the safety and 
health of workers at work; whereas the provisions of the 
latter are therefore fully applicable to the exposure of 
workers to carcinogens, without prejudice to more 
stringent and/or specific provisions contained in the 
present Directive; 
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Whereas Council Directive 88/379/EEC of 7 June 1988 
on the approximation of the laws, regulations and admi­
nistrative provisions relating in the classification, 
packaging and labelling of dangerous (7) preparations 
contains a list of dangerous preparations, together with 
particulars of the classification and labelling procedures 
in respect of each preparation; 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL 
Whereas the proposal for a plan of action 1987 to 1989 
contained in the "Europe against cancer" (') programme 
provides for Directives for the protection of workers 
against carcinogenic substances; 
Whereas, although current scientific knowledge is not 
such that a level can be established below which risks to 
health cease to exist, a reduction in exposure to carci­
nogens will nonetheless reduce these risks; 
Whereas employers must keep abreast of new deve­
lopments in technology with a view to improving the 
protection of workers' health and safety; 
Whereas preventive measures should be taken for the 
protection of the health and safety of workers exposed 
to carcinogens; 
Whereas it is necessary, in order to ensure the highest 
degree of protection reasonably practicable, that workers 
and their representatives be informed about the risks 
which carcinogens can pose for their health and about 
the measures necessary to lessen or eliminate those risks 
and that they should be in a position to ensure that the 
necessary protective measures are taken, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
OBJECTIVE 
1. This Directive, which is the sixth individual 
Directive within the meaning of Article 8 of Directive 
80/1107/EEC, has as its aim the protection of workers 
against risks to their health and safety, including the 
prevention of such risks, arising or likely to arise from 
exposure to carcinogens at work. 
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Whereas the annexes to this Directive should be 
reviewed and adapted every two years in the light of 
scientific and technical progress; 
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Whereas preventive measures must be taken for the 
protection of the health and safety of workers exposed 
to carcinogens; 
Whereas, since most carcinogens can harm foetuses, it is 
particularly necessary to take all the requisite measures 
to protect the health and safety of female workers who 
are exposed to these substances; 
Whereas, in particular in order to ensure a higher level 
of protection, it is necessary that workers and their 
representatives be informed about the risks which carci­
nogens can pose for their health and about the measures 
necessary to lessen or eliminate those risks and that they 
should be in a position to check that the necessary 
protective measures are taken; 
Whereas this Directive lays down particular requirements 
specific to exposure to carcinogens, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
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1. This Directive, which is an individual Directive 
within the meaning of Article 16 of Directive 
89/391/EEC, has as its aim the protection of workers 
against risks to their health and safety, including the 
prevention of such risks, arising or likely to arise from 
exposure to carcinogens at work. It lays down particular 
minimum provisions in this area. 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
2. This Directive shall not apply to workers: 
— engaged in sea transport and in air transport. For the 
purpose of this Directive 'workers engaged, in sea 
transport and in air transport' means personnel on 
board, 
— exposed only to ionizing radiations. unchanged 
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3. This Directive shall not affect the stricter measures 
in the following Directives: 
(a) Council Directive 78/610/EEC of 29 June 1978 on 
the approximation of the laws, regulations and 
administrative provisions of the Member States on 
the protection of the health of workers exposed to 
vinyl chloride monomer; 
(b) Council Directive 83/477/EEC of 19 September 
1983 on the protection of workers from the risk 
related to exposure to asbestos at work (Second indi­
vidual Directive within the meaning of Article 8 of 
Directive 80/1107/EEC); 
(c) Council Directive 88/364/EEC of 9 June 1988 on 
the protection of workers by the banning of certain 
specified agents and/or certain work activities 
(Fourth individual Directive within the meaning of 
Article 8 of Directive 80/1107/EEC). 
4. Member States shall take the necessary steps to 
ensure that employers, workers and workers' represen­
tatives are subject to the legal provisions necessary for 
the implementation of this Directive. 
5. In particular, Member States shall ensure adequate 
controls and supervision. 
Article 2 
DEFINITION 
For the purposes of this Directive, a carcinogen is: 
— a chemical agent as designated in Annex I by its 
number in the Chemical Abstracts Service register, Article 2 
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For the purposes of this Directive, a carcinogen is: 
— a substance given the classification R45 ('may cause 
cancer') in Annex I of Directive 67/548/EEC, 
a substance which, pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 
67/548/EEC, in the version in force, is considered to 
be carcinogenic, 
a preparation which, pursuant to Article 3 (5.j) of 
Council Directive 88/379/EEC of 7 June 1988, must 
be labelled R45 ('may cause cancer'), 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL 
— an industrial process as designated in Annex II. 
Article 3 
ASSESSMENT 
1. This Directive shall apply to activities in which 
workers are or are likely to be exposed to carcinogens as 
a result of their work. 
2. In the case of any activity or sector of activity likely 
to involve a risk of exposure to carcinogens the risk must 
be assessed in such a way as to determine the nature and 
degree of the workers' exposure. 
Article 4 
PREVENTION OF EXPOSURE 
1. In the case of any activity or sector of activity likely 
to involve a risk of exposure to a carcinogen the 
exposure of workers shall be prevented in so far as is 
reasonably practicable, by ensuring that the production 
and use of this carcinogen takes place in a closed system. 
2. Employers shall make the necessary arrangements 
to identify any activity or sector of activity in which it is 
not reasonably practicable to use a closed system. In any 
case the exposure of workers must be reduced to as low 
a level as is reasonably practicable in particular through 
the use of some or all of the following measures as 
appropriate: European Communities 6. 9. 89 
AMENDED PROPOSAL 
— a substance, preparation or process listed in Annex II, 
as well as a substance or a preparation produced as 
part of a process listed in Annex II. 
Article 3 
SCOPE, DETERMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OR 
RISKS 
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2. In the case of any activity likely to involve a risk of 
exposure to carcinogens, the nature, degree and duration 
of the workers' exposure must be determined in order to 
make it possible, to assess any risk to the workers' safety 
or health and to lay down the measures to be taken. 
3. For the purposes of assessing these risks, the 
concentrations of carcinogens at the workplace shall be 
measured at annual intervals and the results recorded in 
writing. If these analyses show increasing levels of 
exposure, appropriate measures must be taken 
immediately to remove the danger. Furthermore, when 
assessing the risk, account shall be taken of all other 
cases of major exposure, such as those with harmful 
effects on the skin. 
4. Pregnant women, mothers breastfeeding their 
babies and young persons under 18 years of age may, in 
principle, not be employed in areas in which they will 
come into contact with carcinogens. 
Article 4 
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1. In so far as a carcinogen cannot be replaced by 
harmless or less dangerous substances, preparations or 
processes, the production and use of this carcinogen 
shall be permitted only in a closed system. 
2. Employers shall make the necessary arrangements 
to identify any activity or sector of activity in which it is 
not technically possible to use a closed system. In all 
cases, the exposure of workers must be reduced to as 
low a level as possible in the different undertakings in 
accordance with the current state of the art, in particular 
through the use of the following measures: 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
(a) limitation of the use of a carcinogen at the place of 
work, in particular by its replacement by another 
agent or process which is less dangerous to workers' 
health; (a) limitation of the use of a carcinogen at the place of 
work, in particular by its replacement by another 
agent or process which is harmless or less dangerous 
to workers' health; 
(b) limitation of the number of workers exposed or 
likely to be exposed; (b) strictest possible limitation of the number of workers 
exposed or likely to be exposed; 
(c) design of work processes and engineering control 
measures so as to avoid or to minimize the release of 
carcinogens into the place of work; (c) design of work processes and engineering control 
measures so as to avoid or to minimize the release of 
carcinogens at the place of work; 
(d) use of adequate measurement procedures for carci­
nogenic agents, in particular for the early detection 
of abnormal exposures due to an unforeseeable event 
or an accident; unchanged 
(e) application of suitable working procedures and unchanged 
methods; 
(f) collective protection measures; unchanged 
(g) individual protection measures, where exposure 
cannot reasonably be avoided by other means; (g) individual protection measures, where exposure 
cannot be avoided by other means; 
(h) hygiene measures; (h) hygiene measures, in particular cleaning of floors, 
walls and other surfaces; 
(i) information for workers; unchanged 
(j) use of warning and safety signs including 'no 
smoking' signs in areas where workers are exposed 
or likely to be exposed to carcinogens; (j) demarcation of risk areas and use of warning and 
safety signs including 'No smoking' signs in areas 
where workers are exposed or likely to be exposed 
to carcinogens; 
(k) surveillance of the health of workers; unchanged 
(1) keeping of updated lists of workers exposed or likely unchanged 
to be exposed, and of health surveillance records; 
(m) emergency measures for abnormal exposures; unchanged 
(n) means for adequate safe storage, handling and trans­
portation, in particular by using sealed and properly 
labelled containers; (n) means for adequate safe storage, handling and trans­
portation, in particular by using sealed and clearly 
and visibly labelled containers; 
(o) means for safe collection, storage and disposal of 
waste, including the use of sealed and properly 
labelled containers. (o) means for safe collection, storage and disposal of 
waste products, including the use of sealed and 
clearly and visibly labelled containers. 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL 
Article 5 
INFORMATION FOR THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES 
For every activity referred to in Article 3 (1), employers 
shall, when so requested, make available to the 
competent authorities appropriate information on: 
— the activities and/or industrial processes carried out, 
including the reasons for which carcinogens are used, 
— the quantities of substances or preparations manu­
factured or used which contain carcinogenic agents, 
— the number of workers exposed, 
— the preventive measures taken, 
— the type of protective equipment used. 
Article 6 
ABNORMAL EXPOSURES 
In the event of an unforeseeable event or an accident 
which is likely to result in an abnormal exposure of 
workers: 
(a) only those workers who are required to take 
remedial action and carry out other necessary work 
shall be permitted to work in the affected zone; 
(b) the workers concerned shall be provided with 
protective clothing and individual respiratory 
protective equipment which they must wear as long 
as the abnormal exposure persists; that exposure may 
not be permanent and shall be kept to the strict 
minimum of time necessary for each worker; 
(c) unprotected workers shall not be allowed to work in 
the affected areas until the situation has been 
restored to normal, and the causes for the increase 
eliminated. European Communities 6. 9. 89 
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Article 5 
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(a) unchanged 
(b) unchanged 
(c) unchanged 
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(e) unchanged 
(f) the nature and degree of exposure 
(g) the cases of replacement. 
Article 6 
UNFORESEEABLE EXPOSURES 
In the event of an unforeseeable event or an accident 
which might result in an abnormal exposure of workers, 
the employer shall inform the workers. Until normal 
conditions are restored: 
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Article 7 Article 7 
FORESEEABLE EXPOSURE 
For certain activities such as maintenance, in respect of 
which it is foreseeable that there will be a significant 
increase in exposure of workers, and in respect of which 
further technical preventive measures for limiting 
workers' exposure are not reasonably practicable, the 
employer shall determine the collective measures 
intended to reduce the duration of workers' exposure to 
the minimum possible and to ensure adequate protection 
of workers while they are engaged in such activities. 
In particular, Article 6 (b) shall apply. 
Article 8 
ACCESS TO AREAS 
Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that access 
to the places in which the activities referred to in Article 
3 (1) take place is restricted solely to workers who, by 
reason of their work or duties, are required to enter 
them. 
Article 9 
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT 
1. Appropriate measures shall be taken, where this is 
reasonably practicable, to ensure that: 
(a) workers do not eat, drink or smoke in working areas 
where there is a risk of contamination by carci­
nogens; 1. For certain activities such as maintenance, which 
might involve a significant increase in exposure of 
workers, and in respect of which all scope for further 
technical preventive measures for limiting workers' 
exposure has already been exhausted, the employer shall, 
with the participation of the workers and/or their repre­
sentatives, but without prejudice to the responsibility of 
the employer, determine the measures required to reduce 
the duration of workers' exposure to the minimum and 
to ensure the protection of workers while they are 
engaged in such activities. 
In particular, Article 6 (b) shall apply. 
2. Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that 
the areas used for the activities listed in paragraph 1 (1) 
are clearly demarcated and marked, or that other 
methods are used to prevent unauthorized access to 
these areas. 
Article 8 
ACCESS TO RISK AREAS 
Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that access 
to the places in which the activities referred to in Article 
3 (1) are carried out is restricted solely to workers who, 
by reason of their work or duties, are required to enter 
them and to those persons entrusted with control and 
supervisory duties by the competent authorities. 
Article 9 
HYGIENE MEASURES, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND 
EQUIPMENT 
1. Employers shall be obliged, in the case of all acti­
vities from which there is a risk of contamination by 
carcinogens, to take appropriate measures to ensure that: 
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(b) (i) workers are provided with appropriate protective unchanged 
clothing or other appropriate special clothing; 
(ii) separate storage places are provided for working unchanged 
or protective clothing and for street clothes; 
(c) workers are provided with appropriate and adequate unchanged 
washing and toilet facilities, including showers in the 
case of dusty operations; 
(d) protective equipment is properly stored in a well-
defined place and is checked and cleaned if possible 
before, and in any case after each use; defective 
equipment shall be repaired or replaced before 
further use; unchanged 
2. Workers may not be charged for the cost of these unchanged 
measures. 
Article 10 Article 10 
INFORMATION AND TRAINING PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO WORKERS 
1. Appropriate measures shall be taken by the 
employer to ensure that workers and/or any workers' 
representatives in the undertaking or establishment 
receive adequate information, regular training and 
instructions concerning: 1. The employers shall take appropriate measures to 
ensure that workers and/or their representative in the 
undertaking or establishment receive adequate and 
updated information based on all the relevant infor­
mation available on carcinogens and that they are given 
training and regular refresher training concerning: 
(a) potential risks to health; (a) potential risks to health, including the additional 
risks resulting from tobacco use; 
(b) the precautions to be taken to prevent exposure; 
(c) hygiene requirements; 
(d) wearing and use of protective equipment and 
clothing; 
(e) steps to be taken by workers, including rescue 
workers in the case of incidents and to prevent 
incidents. unchanged 
(c) hygiene requirements 
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(e) steps to be taken by workers, in particular 
emergency services' personnel in the case of incidents 
and to prevent incidents. 
2. Employers shall ensure that workers are adequately 
informed of installations and related containers 
containing carcinogens and that, where appropriate, such 
information takes the form of suitable warning and 
hazard signs. 2. Employers shall be obliged to provide information 
to workers concerning installations and related 
containers containing carcinogens and to ensure that all 
container, packages and installations containing carci­
nogens are clearly and legibly labelled and that clearly 
visible warning signs are provided. 
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Article 11 AMENDED PROPOSAL 
Article 11 
CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION OF WORKERS 
Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure that: For all activities listed in Article 3 (1) employers shall be 
obliged to take appropriate measures to ensure that: 
(a) workers and/or any workers' representatives in the 
undertaking or establishment can check that this 
Directive is applied or be involved in its application, 
in particular with the selection wearing and use of 
protective clothing and equipment; (a) workers and/or their representatives in the under­
taking can check that this Directive is applied or be 
involved in its application, without prejudice to the 
responsibilities of employers, in particular as regards: 
(i) the consequences for the safety and health of 
workers as a result of the choice, wearing and 
use of protective clothing and equipment; 
(ii) the measures laid down by the employer as 
referred to in Articles 6 and 7 (1.1); 
(b) workers and/or any workers' representatives in the 
undertaking or establishment are informed as quickly 
as possible of abnormal exposure, of the causes 
thereof, and of the measures taken or to be taken to 
rectify the situation; (b) workers and/or their representatives in the under­
taking or establishment are informed as quickly as 
possible of abnormal exposure, including the cases 
referred to in Article 7, of the causes thereof and of 
the measures taken or to be taken to rectify the 
situation; 
(c) the employer keeps a list of the workers engaged in 
the activities referred to in Article 3 (1), indicating 
where appropriate the exposure to which they may 
have been subjected; (c) the employer keeps a list of the workers engaged in 
the activities referred to in Article 3, who are in 
danger of being exposed; if possible, the type and 
extent of the exposure to which they may have been 
subjected should be indicated. 
(d) the doctor and/or the competent authority as well as 
all other persons who have responsibility for health 
and safety at work have access to the list referred to 
at (c); unchanged 
(e) each worker has access to the information in the list unchanged 
which relates to him personally; 
(f) workers and/or any workers' representatives in the 
undertaking or establishment have access to 
anonymous, collective information; unchanged 
(g) workers and/or any workers' representatives in the 
undertaking or establishment can receive information 
on the potential risks to health from exposure to 
carcinogens. unchanged 
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Article 12 Article 12 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE unchanged 
1. Special arrangements for carrying out the relevant 
health surveillance of workers exposed to carcinogens 
shall be established by the Member States in accordance 
with national laws and practice. 
2. The arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 shall 
be such that each worker exposed to carcinogens shall be 
able to undergo an assessment of his state of health: 
— prior to exposure, 
— at regular intervals thereafter. 
This assessment shall be such that it is directly possible to 
implement hygiene and individual measures. 
3. If a worker is found to be suffering from an abnor­
mality which is suspected to being the result of exposure 
to carcinogens, the doctor or authority responsible for 
the health surveillance of workers may require other 
workers who have been similarly exposed to undergo 
health surveillance, and a reassessment of the risk of 
exposure shall be carried out in accordance with Article 
3.2. 
4. In cases where health surveillance is carried out, an 
individual health record shall be kept and the doctor or 
authority competent for health surveillance shall propose 
any protective or preventive measures to be taken in 
respect of any individual worker. 
5. Information and advice must be given to workers 
regarding any health surveillance which they may 
undergo following the end of exposure. 
6. The workers concerned or the employer may 
request a review of the assessment referred to in this 
Article, in accordance with national laws and practice. 
7. Practical recommendations for the health 
surveillance of workers is given in Annex III. These 
recommendations may be adapted in the light of 
technical progress as provided for in Article 10 of 
Directive 80/1107/EEC. 1. Specific measures for carrying out relevant and 
adequate medical surveillance shall be laid down by the 
Member States in accordance with national laws and 
practice. 
2. These measures shall be such that all the persons 
concerned shall be able to undergo an appropriate 
assessment of their state of health. 
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3. If a worker is found to be suffering from an abnor­
mality which might be the result of exposure to carci­
nogens, the doctor or authority competent for the health 
surveillance of workers must require other workers who 
have been similarly exposed to undergo a medical exam­
ination immediately. Checks must also be made of the 
workplaces and work areas concerned, and an immediate 
reassessment of the risk of exposure shall be carried out 
in accordance with Article 3 (2). 
4. As part of preventive medical care and health 
surveillance, individual health record shall be kept and 
the doctor or authority competent for health surveillance 
shall propose any protective or preventive measures to be 
taken in respect of any individual worker, group of 
workers, workplace or working area. 
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7. Further minimum rules for the health surveillance 
of workers are given in Annex III. These minimum rules 
shall be constantly adapted in the light of the latest 
technical progress, as provided for in the provisions of 
Article 14. 
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Article 13 Article 13 
RECORD KEEPING 
The following measures shall be taken: 
1. The list referred to in Article 11 (c) and the health 
record referred to in Article 12 (4) shall be kept for at 
least 30 years following the end of exposure, in 
accordance with national laws and practice. unchanged 
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1. The list referred to in Article 11 (c) and the health 
record referred to in Article 12 (4) shall be kept for at 
least 40 years following the end of exposure, in 
accordance with national laws and practice. 
2. Those records shall be made available to the 
responsible authority in cases where the undertaking 
ceases its activity, in accordance with national law 
and practice. 2. Those records shall be made available to the 
competent authority in cases where the undertaking 
ceases its activity, in accordance with national law 
and practice. 
Article 14 
Within the framework of the procedure provided for in 
Article 17 of Directive 89/391/EEC the Commission: 
— shall draw up in Annex I the list of carcinogens as 
defined in Article 2 (1 to 3) and the amendments 
needed to take account of the adaptations of 
Directives 67/548/EEC and 88/379/EEC, 
— shall amend Annexes II and III in order to take 
account of technical and scientific progress. 
Article 14 
NATIONAL STATISTICS 
Member States shall keep national statistics of 
recognized cases of occupational diseases due to carci­
nogens. Becomes Article 15 
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Article 75 Becomes Article 16 
FINAL PROVISIONS 
1. Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations 
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with 
this Directive by 31 December 1989. They shall 
immediately inform the Commission thereof. unchanged 
1. Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations 
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with 
this Directive by 31 December 1990. 
Is after notification of this Directive, either of Directives 
67/548/EEC and 88/379/EEC is amended with respect 
to the substances and preparations referred to in Article 
2 (1 to 3) by amending Directives, the Member States 
shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative 
provisions necessary to incorporate the said amendments 
into the provisions referred to in indent one, by the 
deadlines laid down for implementation of such 
amending Directives. 
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2. Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission the provisions of national law which they 
adopt in the field governed by this Directive. The member States shall immediately inform the 
Commission of the adoption of the provisions referred to 
in this paragraph. 
2. Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission the text of the provisions of national law 
which have already been adopted or which they adopt in 
the field governed by this Directive. 
Article 16 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. unchanged Becomes Article 17 
ANNEX I ANNEX I 
LIST OF AGENTS 
(to which referrence is made in Articles 3 (3) and (4)) LIST OF AGENTS 
(to which reference is made in Article 2 (1 to 3) 
List to be deleted (OJ C 34, 8. 2. 1988, p. 13) CAS(l) No 
of agent EEC No 
of agent Name of agent Formula Date of entry 
into force 
List to be deleted 
ANNEX II ANNEX II 
INDUSTRIAL 
PROCESSES AGENTS PROBABLY 
CONCERNED LIST OF SUBSTANCES, PREPARATIONS AND 
PROCESSES 
(to which reference is made in Article 2 (4)) 
1. Auramine manufacture 
2. Boot and shoe manufacture 
(certain occupations) 
3. Coal gasification 
(older processes) 
4. Coke production Auramine 
Leather dust 
Coal tar and coal tar fumes 
Certain hydrocarbons poly-
nuclear aromatic 
Coal tar and coal tar fumes 
Certain hydrocarbons poly-
nuclear aromatic 1. Auramine manufacture 
2. Work involving exposure to polynuclear aromatic hydro­
carbons present in soot, tar, pitch, smoke or coal dust 
3. Work involving exposure to dust, fumes or fog during high-
temperature nickel refining 
4. Strong acid process in the manufacture of isopropyl alcohol 
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5. Furniture manufacture 
(wood dust) 
6. Isopropyl alcohol manu­
facture (strong acid process) 
7. Nickel refining Certain wood dust 
Isopropyl alcohol 
Nickel subsulphide 
Nickel oxides 5. Work involving exposure to certain nitrosamines, for 
example in the rubber industry 
6. Work involving exposure to dust, in particular oak and beech 
7. Work involving exposure to leather dust. 
Certain aromatic amines 8. Rubber industry (certain 
occupations, such as milling, 
extruding and vulcanization) Certain or8an,c solvents 
ANNEX III ANNEX III 
PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HEALTH 
SURVEILLANCE OF WORKERS 
(as referred to in Article 12 (7)) MINIMUM PROVISIONS FOR THE HEALTH 
SURVEILLANCE OF WORKERS 
(as referred to in Article 12 (7)) 
1. The doctor and/or authority competent for the health 
surveillance of workers exposed to carcinogens must be 
familiar with the exposure conditions or circumstances of 
each worker. unchanged 
2. Health surveillance of workers should be carried out in 
accordance with the principles and practices of occupational 
medicine; it should include at least the following measures: unchanged 
— keeping records of worker's medical and occupational unchanged 
history, 
— a personal interview, unchanged 
— where appropriate, biological monitoring, as well as unchanged 
detection of early and reversible effects. 
Further tests should be decided upon for each worker when 
he is the subject of health surveillance, in the light of the 
most recent knowledge available to occupational medicine. unchanged