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Directive 2002/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the… Article 3

Article 3

Exposure limit values and action values 1. For hand-arm vibration: (a) the daily exposure limit value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 5 m/s2; (b) the daily exposure action value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 2,5 m/s2. Workers' exposure to hand-arm vibration shall be assessed or measured on the basis of the provisions of Point 1 of Part A of the Annex. 2. For whole-body vibration: (a) the daily exposure limit value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 1,15 m/s2 or, at the choice of the Member State concerned, a vibration dose value of 21 m/s1,75; (b) the daily exposure action value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 0,5 m/s2 or, at the choice of the Member State concerned, a vibration dose value of 9,1 m/s1,75. Workers' exposure to whole-body vibration shall be assessed or measured on the basis of the provisions of Point 1 of Part B of the Annex. SECTION II OBLIGATION OF EMPLOYERS

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