11/12/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 11 December, the European Parliament adopted by a very large majority (585 votes in favour, 46 against, 35 abstentions) the Interinstitutional Agreement on the 2nd revision of the Directive on the protection of workers from carcinogens and mutagens. “This agreement is remarkable, as we have succeeded in including diesel fumes, as well as an occupational exposure limit”, welcomed the rapporteur, Claude Rolin (EPP, Belgian). As a reminder, the agreement sets a limit value for diesel vapours of 0.05 mg/m³, with a transition period of two years. The Directive introduces exposure limit values for, inter alia, trichloroethylene, epichlorohydrin, ethylene dibromide, ethylene dichloride, 4,4′-methylenedianiline and oils used to cool internal combustion engines, as well as skin observations for mineral oils and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures (EUROPE 12115). (PH)