Directive (EU) 2019/130 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Text with EEA relevance.)

Social partners' agreements

Article 1

Directive 2004/37/EC is amended as follows: (1) the following article is inserted: ‘Article 13a Social partners' agreements Social Partners' agreements possibly concluded in the field of this Directive shall be listed on the website of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). That list shall be regularly updated.’; (2) in Annex I the following points are added: ‘7. Work involving dermal exposure to mineral oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine. 8. Work involving exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions.’; (3) Annex III is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than two years after the date of its entry into force. They shall immediately inform the Commission of the text of those measures. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States. 2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX ‘ANNEX III LIMIT VALUES AND OTHER DIRECTLY RELATED PROVISIONS (ARTICLE 16) A.   LIMIT VALUES FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE Name of agent EC No  ( 1 ) CAS No  ( 2 ) Limit values Notation Transitional measures 8 hours  ( 3 ) Short-term  ( 4 ) mg/m 3  ( 5 ) ppm  ( 6 ) f/ml  ( 7 ) mg/m 3  ( 5 ) ppm  ( 6 ) f/ml  ( 7 ) Hardwood dusts — — 2  ( 8 ) — — — — — — Limit value 3 mg/m 3 until 17 January 2023 Chromium (VI) compounds which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a) (as chromium) — — 0,005 — — — — — — Limit value 0,010 mg/m 3 until 17 January 2025 Limit value: 0,025 mg/m 3 for welding or plasma cutting processes or similar work processes that generate fume until 17 January 2025 Refractory ceramic fibres which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a) — — — — 0,3 — — — —   Respirable crystalline silica dust — — 0,1  ( 9 ) — — — — — —   Benzene 200-753-7 71-43-2 3,25 1 — — — — skin  ( 10 )   Vinyl chloride monomer 200-831-0 75-01-4 2,6 1 — — — — —   Ethylene oxide 200-849-9 75-21-8 1,8 1 — — — — skin  ( 10 )   1,2-Epoxypropane 200-879-2 75-56-9 2,4 1 — — — — —   Trichloroethylene 201-167-4 79-01-6 54,7 10 — 164,1 30 — skin  ( 10 )   Acrylamide 201-173-7 79-06-1 0,1 — — — — — skin  ( 10 )   2-Nitropropane 201-209-1 79-46-9 18 5 — — — — —   o-Toluidine 202-429-0 95-53-4 0,5 0,1 — — — — skin  ( 10 )   4,4′-Methylenedianiline 202-974-4 101-77-9 0,08 — — — — — skin  ( 10 )   Epichlorohydrine 203-439-8 106-89-8 1,9 — — — — — skin  ( 10 )   Ethylene dibromide 203-444-5 106-93-4 0,8 0,1 — — — — skin  ( 10 )   1,3-Butadiene 203-450-8 106-99-0 2,2 1 — — — — —   Ethylene dichloride 203-458-1 107-06-2 8,2 2 — — — — skin  ( 10 )   Hydrazine 206-114-9 302-01-2 0,013 0,01 — — — — skin  ( 10 )   Bromoethylene 209-800-6 593-60-2 4,4 1 — — — — —   Diesel engine exhaust emissions     0,05  ( *1 )             The limit value shall apply from 21 February 2023. For underground mining and tunnel construction the limit value shall apply from 21 February 2026. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures, particularly those containing benzo[a]pyrene, which are carcinogens within the meaning of this Directive                 skin  ( 10 )   Mineral oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine                 skin  ( 10 )   B.   OTHER DIRECTLY RELATED PROVISIONS p.m. ’. ( 1 )   EC No, i.e. Einecs, ELINCS or NLP, is the official number of the substance within the European Union, as defined in Section 1.1.1.2 in Annex VI, Part 1, of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. ( 2 )   CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number. ( 3 )   Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight hours time-weighted average (TWA). ( 4 )   Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value above which exposure should not occur and which is related to a 15-minute period unless otherwise specified. ( 5 )    mg/m 3 = milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101,3 kPa (760 mm mercury pressure). ( 6 )    ppm = parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 ). ( 7 )    f/ml = fibres per millilitre. ( 8 )   Inhalable fraction: if hardwood dusts are mixed with other wood dusts, the limit value shall apply to all wood dusts present in that mixture. ( 9 )   Respirable fraction. ( 10 )   Substantial contribution to the total body burden via dermal exposure possible. ( *1 )   Measured as elemental carbon.