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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12799

28 September 2021
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Social
MEPs call for a European framework strategy to protect workers from asbestos
Brussels, 27/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 27 September, MEPs in the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) adopted by an overwhelming majority (47 votes in favour, 0 against and 7 abstentions) the ‘Villumsen’ own-initiative report in which they call on the European Commission to come up with a real asbestos removal strategy and introduce an occupational exposure limit value for asbestos, against the European Commission’s own advice.

The European Commission needs to develop a...

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