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Occupational exposure to asbestos, European Parliament’s negotiators found common ground on exposure limit value

Brussels, 30/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the revision of the directive on occupational exposure to asbestos have reached agreement on the main points of the report by French MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew Europe), several sources told EUROPE on Thursday 30 March.

The main points of concern were the limit value chosen, the transition period for adapting to this value and the switch to a more modern fibre detection technology (see EUROPE B13132A20).

While the MEP had taken up the...