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...