P9_TA(2023)0332 Protection of workers from asbestos European Parliament legislative resolution of 3 October 2023 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (COM(2022)0489 — C9-0321/2022 — 2022/0298(COD)) P9_TC1-COD(2022)0298 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 3 October 2023 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work
Date: 2023-10-03
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: asbestos, cancer, carcinogenic substance, disease prevention, health risk, occupational safety




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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/1192


23.2.2024






P9_TA(2023)0332
Protection of workers from asbestos
European Parliament legislative resolution of 3 October 2023 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (COM(2022)0489 — C9-0321/2022 — 2022/0298(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(C/2024/1192)



The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2022)0489),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 153(2), point (b), in conjunction with Article 153(1), point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0321/2022),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 15 December 2022
                   (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 16 March 2023
                   (2),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 19 July 2023 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A9-0160/2023),






1.   

Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;



2.   

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;



3.   

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.




(1)  
            OJ C 100, 16.3.2023, p. 118.

(2)  
            OJ C 188, 30.5.2023, p. 70.





P9_TC1-COD(2022)0298
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 3 October 2023 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work


(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2023/2668.)




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