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". – Mr President, I would like to express to the rapporteur, Mrs Damião, my best wishes for a speedy recovery, and to congratulate her and Mr Hughes on their excellent work on such a sensitive and technically difficult dossier as asbestos. I want also to express my satisfaction at the unanimous conviction that the protection of workers against the risks of exposure to asbestos must be improved.
The Commission attaches the greatest importance to all measures designed to protect the health and safety of workers. We have emphasised this interest in the social agenda and confirmed it in the Commission's communication on a new Community strategy on health and safety at work. It is with great satisfaction that I can inform you that the Commission fully accepts the three amendments that Parliament has proposed in this second reading.
I would like to congratulate the House for the quality of the amendments presented, which are an expression of the European Parliament's preoccupation with the risks and effects of exposure to asbestos and the need to increase the levels of protection of European workers still exposed to asbestos. The Commission is convinced that the three proposed amendments improve the text and contribute to a better application of the directive.
You are aware of the great breakthrough already achieved by the Council's common position: the banning of all activities which expose workers to asbestos fibres during the extraction of asbestos or the manufacture and processing of asbestos products, or the manufacture and processing of products containing intentionally added asbestos, with some unavoidable and very limited exceptions.
Finally, I would like to thank Parliament, as well as the Danish Presidency and the Council, for their work to date on this issue. We should not forget that the effects of exposure to asbestos have dramatic repercussions for workers' health and even for their families. With the quick adoption of this important directive, we will demonstrate that the health and safety of our workforce is at the top of our agenda."@en1
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