95/320/EC: Commission Decision of 12 July 1995 setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents

COMMISSION DECISION of 12 July 1995  setting up a Scientific Committee for Occupational Exposure Limits to Chemical Agents (95/320/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas common rules concerning safety, hygiene and health at work must afford adequate protection  of the health of workers at the place of work within the Community;
Whereas the elaboration and amendment of common rules concerning safety, health and hygiene at work  require a scientific evaluation of risk at the place of work and of the measures that need to be  implemented to protect against these risks;
Whereas such an evaluation requires the participation of highly qualified scientific persons in all  fields relating to safety, hygiene and health at work;
Whereas on the occasion of the adoption of Council Directive 88/642/EEC  (1), which amended  Directive 80/1107/EEC  (2) on the protection of workers against risks associated with exposure to  chemical, physical and biological agents at work, the Council called upon the Commission to set up  a scientific committee responsible for the evaluation of available scientific data required to set  limit values;
Whereas the Commission welcomed the request from the Council and since 1990 has consulted  informally a scientific expert group on occupational exposure limits;
Whereas in its communication on a programme concerning safety, hygiene and health at work the  Commission has included amongst the objectives for the coming five years the development of  preventative measures in relation with chemical agents;
Whereas it is important that the Commission obtain impartial scientific opinions of highly  qualified persons in order to conduct this ongoing examination;
Whereas to this end a scientific committee of a consultative nature should be attached to the  Commission,