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SOC/659
Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work
OPINION
European Economic and Social Committee
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work
[COM(2020) 0571 - 2020/0262 (COD)]
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Referral |
Council of the European Union, 21/10/2020 European Parliament, 5/10/2020 |
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Legal basis |
Articles 153 (2) and 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
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Section responsible |
Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship |
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Adopted at plenary |
02/12/2020 |
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Plenary session No |
556 |
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Outcome of vote
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224/0/6 |
Since the Committee unreservedly endorses the content of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinions, namely SOC/545 – Protection from cancer-causing chemicals, adopted on 21 September 2016, SOC/559 – Protection of workers from carcinogens or mutagens at work, adopted on 31 May 2017, SOC/591 – Protection of workers from carcinogens or mutagens at work, adopted on 19 September 2018, and CCMI/130 – Freeing the EU from asbestos, adopted on 18 February 2015 1 , it decided, at its 556th plenary session of 2 and 3 December 2020, by 224 votes with 6 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the above-mentioned documents.
Brussels, 2 December 2020
Christa SCHWENG
The president of the European Economic and Social Committee