CELEX: 51990PC0539
Language: en
Date: 1990-11-06
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 83/477/EEC ON THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM THE RISKS RELATED TO EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS AT WORK

29. 11. 90                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 300/9
                                                            II
                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
           Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 83/477/EEC on the
                   protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (')
                                             COM(90) 539 final — SYN 256
           (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty on 7 November
                                                          1990)
                                                      (90/C 300/07)
           Citations and recitals unchanged
           In Article 1
           — paragraphs 1 to 5 unchanged,
           — a new paragraph 6 is inserted:
               '6. Article 12 is modified as follows:
                   'Article 12
                   — first paragraph unchanged,
                   — in the second paragraph, the introduction and first two indents are unchanged,
                   — a new third indent is inserted:
                       "— the plan shall be communicated to the competent authorities in the Member
                            State concerned before the planned work commences."
                       3.   The competent authorities in the Member State concerned shall also be
                       informed of the nature of the work, its likely duration, the premises at which it is to
                       be carried out, the methods to be used when asbestos or asbestos-containing
                       material is being handled, and a written specification shall be provided of the
                       equipment to be used for the protection and and decontamination of those engaged
                       in asbestos work and also for the protection of other persons at or near the premises
                       in question.'
           Articles 2 and 3 unchanged
           0) OJ No C 161, 30. 6. 1990, p. 14.