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The initiatives to introduce Community legislation on minimum health and safety standards for risks to which workers are exposed from noise are a step in the right direction given the truly abysmal situation in certain Member States such as Greece, where even the most rudimentary safety mechanisms have still not been introduced.
Having said which, we need:
low limit values before action is taken (83 db);
responsibility for action to lie with the employer, not the workers, which is why ear protectors should not be taken into account;
a reference period of one working day, not one week, to avoid extending the exposure of workers to noise and the damage caused by it.
These positions are contained in the relevant amendments tabled by the European Parliament, which is why I supported them, but are not included in the Council's common position.
Finally, we need control mechanisms to ensure that these measures are put into practice."@en1
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