On 11 October, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement opening the way for a second proposed revision to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (2004/37/CE) to be adopted, with workplace exposure limits and observations as regards skin absorption to be introduced for eight new substances.
The most significant new measure introduced by co-legislators, at the request of the European Parliament, is a new cap for diesel exhaust fumes. According to Claude Rolin, the Belgian MEP in charge of the issue on the parliament side, the introduction of a limit on diesel exhaust fumes in companies was the “most difficult” aspect to negotiate as it concerns several economic sectors and is of greater symbolic importantce after the dieselgate scandal. By way of compromise, co-legislators agreed t
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