CELEX: 51989PC0177
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-19
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

8. 6. 89-                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 142/7
               Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the
                                 Member States relating to personal protective equipment (')
                                               COM(89)    177 final/2 — SYN 134
               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                                 EEC Treaty on 25 May 1989)
                                                         (89/C 142/08)
Following upon the opinion expressed by the European                   influence at national level on the process of drawing
Parliament (2) at its first reading in the context of the              up and implementing harmonized standards.';
cooperation procedure, the Commission has decided to
modify its original proposal as follows:                            3. The following sentence is inserted between the penul-
                                                                       timate and last sentences of Article 7 (2):
1. the following Recital No 11 is inserted:                            'Should the Commission find, after consultation, that
                                                                       the action taken was not justified, it shall immediately
    'Whereas the legislative framework should be
                                                                       inform to this effect both the Member States taking
    improved to enable the social partners to contribute in
                                                                       the action and the manufacturer or his agent based in
    an effective and appropriate way to the standard-
                                                                       the Community.';
    ization process;'
    the previous Recital No 11, which also deals with the           4. A new Article 15 is inserted after Article 14, so read
    participation of both sides of industry, is deleted;               as follows:
                                                                       'The Commission shall take the necessary steps to
2. the following paragraph is added to Article 5:                      ensure that data relating to all relevant decisions
                                                                       regarding the administration of this Directive are
    'The Member States shall satisfy themselves that
                                                                       made accessible.'
    appropriate measures have been taken at the latest by
    the date of application prescribed by Article 16 of the            The former Article 15 and the following Article are
    present Directive, to enable social partners to exert an           renumbered accordingly.
(') OJ No C 141, 30. 5. 1988, p. 14.
O Record of the sitting of 14 December 1988 (PE.129.103).