NOISE EXPOSURE
June 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLPOLITICAL agreement has been forged at the European Union's Council of Ministers for employment and social policy on a new 'health and safety: physical agents (noise)' directive, that should introduce pan-EU workplace exposure limits.Ministers managed to strike a compromise, ironing out some long standing disagreements on the upper limit value for noise exposure and whether there should be special rules for the maritime and air transport sectors, as requested by Greece, Italy and the UK governments.The proposal will now be sent to the European ...
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