Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Marianne Thyssen mentioned the possibility of revising the Directive on protection of workers from exposure to carcinogens and mutagens (2004/37/EC) during a speech to the European Parliament’s employment and social affairs committee (EMPL) on Thursday 13 July.
The Commissioner had come to present to MEPs the second Commission initiative for updating the directive (see EUROPE 11700) and was criticised by some for not going far enough, such as the...