EU: Council and Parliament reach agreement on measures to protect workers from exposure to hazardous substances

The news. On 23 June, the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the proposal for the sixth revision of the carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances directive (CMRD). The agreement introduces new occupational exposure limit values (OELs) for chemicals and pollutants that were not previously covered by the legislation.

The stake. Every year, exposure to carcinogenic agents in the workplace is estimated to result in 120,000