20/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – MEPs of the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) unanimously adopted (39 votes in favour) on Tuesday 19 February the Interinstitutional Agreement on the 3rd revision of the Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at work, on which Laura Agea (EFDD, Italy) was rapporteur. As a reminder, the Directive reduces occupational exposure to 5 agents considered dangerous to health, namely: cadmium, beryllium, arsenic acid, formaldehyde and 4,4' methylene bis. The co-legislators have introduced a whole series of differentiated implementation dates (8 years for cadmium, 7 years for beryllium, 4 years for arsenic acid and 5 years in some cases for formaldehyde - see EUROPE 12182). (PH)