Asbestos
Statement on the Council position: EU Member States fail workers on asbestos
Thursday 8. December the EU Member States in the Council agreed on a position on the upcoming revision of the EU-rules on asbestos. Danish Member of the European Parliament, Nikolaj Villumsen was the rapporteur of the 2021 legislative...
Nyhed |Why the EU asbestos directive revision … needs revising
The recent news that asbestos is two-to-three times as deadly as previously thought, reported here on EUobserver, has brought new — and needed — attention to an old and lingering problem: that of the silent killer, which continues to...
Opinion |Nikolaj Villumsen is Opening Speaker at the European Asbestos Forum
Dear colleagues, dear friends, Thank you for the invitation to come here and speak for you all today Today, 17 years after the introduction of the EU-wide ban, asbestos continues to claim lives across the EU - and...
Nyhed |Nikolaj Villumsen: The revision of the EU’s asbestos directive must itself be revised!
The EU Commission today published its proposal for a revision of the asbestos directive, this comes alongside a "communication" with further measures and legislation that we can expect to see during 2022 and 2023. Even though Nikolaj Villumsen...
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