Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the… Article 5

Article 5

Replacement The employer shall avoid the use of a harmful biological agent if the nature of the activity so permits, by replacing it with a biological agent which, under its conditions of use, is not dangerous or is less dangerous to workers' health, as the case may be, in the present state of knowledge.

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