Asbestos screening, registering and monitoring

EBC welcomes the Commission's ambition to better address the presence of asbestos across the EU by improving screening, registering, and monitoring of the substance. However, EBC does not support the set- up of a general and obligatory EU asbestos register for buildings. In case of probability, mapping should be sufficient.

Hello, systematic detection of asbestos in the buildings is impossible, as this means opening partitions or roofs in practice. It is therefore additional costs for the owners, as well as periods without renting if it is necessary to carry out work.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

The German Social Accident Insurance(Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung, DGUV), is the umbrella association of the social accident insurance institutions for industry, trade and the public sectors. It looks after the joint interests of its members and promotes the work they do for the benefit of insured persons and enterprises.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

The Fédération Française du Bâtiment (Fédération Française du Bâtiment) has 50 000 members, including 35 000 small businesses. Its purpose is to bring together building companies of all sizes in order to effectively defend the collective interests of the Profession.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Dealing with asbestos in building stocks requires a very complex approach and approach. In the view of the GdW, this is not reflected in the individual questions of the public consultation, and we therefore refrain from filling in the individual fields and share our assessment with a supplementary file.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

The Commissions plans for a legislative proposal on the screening and registration of asbestos in buildings and the incentives for Member States to set up national strategies for asbestos removal in 2023 is a step in the right direction. IOSH is cautious about the setup of a centralised and/or digital registration system under the responsibility of Member States.

Future Vision Vonovias Vonovia owns and manages around 550.000 apartments and has around 16.000 employees in Germany, Sweden and Austria. As a service provider and provider of housing for around one million people, Vonovia focuses on its customers and their needs: Vonovia maintains the building fabric, actively participates in neighbourhoods, takes care of modern homes and develops services to improve quality of…

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

The European Cancer Organisation (ECO) welcomes prospective legal commitment by the EU to eliminating asbestos exposure. This would be greatly aided by the suggested introduction of a legislative proposal which, among other items, could set guidelines in respect to screening and registration of asbestos in buildings.

Call for evidence for an impact assessment - Asbestos screening, registering and monitoring Introduction The Swedish Construction Federation is an industry and employer organisation for construction, civil engineering, and specialised companies. With this paper, we would like to share good practices from Sweden on limiting exposure to asbestos.

Black Asbestos would like to welcome the European Commission's desire to eradicate the scourge of asbestos. We can only support this effort to establish an inventory of asbestos-contaminated buildings, as a guarantee of transparency, and to standardize the registration of these buildings at a European level.

ERS Response to Consultation - Asbestos screening, registering and monitoring The European Respiratory Society (ERS) welcomes the European Commission commitment to address the health and environmental risks related to exposure to asbestos. If well implemented, the proposed legislation could represent a step forward towards an asbestos-free future.

In the Construction, Construction and Forestry (BAT) cartel, representing seven Danish trade unions in the construction sector, corresponding to around 90.000 members, we support the European Commission’s ambition to create an asbestos-free future in Europe. If the EU is to achieve its climate targets, we need to increase energy efficiency, as the building stock accounts for 40 % of our energy consumption.

Filed in Danish · English published by the European Commission

Following the publication of the Renovation Wave and the adoption of the European Parliaments Resolution on protecting workers from asbestos (2019/2182(INL)) in October 2021, the European Commission is considering further steps towards an asbestos-free future, by conducting either non legislative or legislative action.

In France, lamiante has been banned since 1997. Since the materials containing it are numerous and do not present the same risks of release of fibres into the air, the French legislation has drawn up three lists A, B and C which condition the obligations.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

On this issue, we support the position of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Asbestos screening prior to the start of work should be mandated. Not only employees but also main contractors, contracting authorities, and owners should be prevented from carrying out asbestos diagnosis before commissioning any work.

Filed in Dutch · English published by the European Commission

FIEC considers that screening measures before demolishing or renovating buildings built before the (national) asbestos ban, together with a registration system, are effective ways to allow companies to take the right steps and reduce the risk of workers exposure to asbestos. For that purpose, clients (i.e.

ETUCE, representing 11 million teachers and education personnel across Europe, welcomes the upcoming European Commissions initiative on asbestos screening, monitoring, and national asbestos registers. Despite being cross-sectoral, this initiative is particularly important for the education sector as it has the potential to improve protection for education workers exposed to asbestos and contribute to enhancing the…

The EU Commission has published a package of measures for improved asbestos protection and an asbestos-free future. Exposure to asbestos fibres can lead to serious illness and death, so it is of the utmost importance to minimise the risk of human exposure to asbestos fibres. The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise therefore welcomes the Commissions initiative that raises awareness of asbestos.

Eurogypsum, the European federation of national associations of gypsum product manufacturers, takes health and safety in highest regards. We welcome the EU initiatives to address asbestos in buildings and strongly believe that addressing this issue can contribute to more circular practices in our industry to avoid landfilling and downcycling.

The general population needs to be informed about the spread of asbestos in our lives. Goal: Create acceptance of the necessary measures. All professionals involved in the construction must be trained as part of training on asbestos. This is an essential prerequisite for the necessary awareness and willingness to take the necessary protective measures.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) has some conserns regarding the proposed 2023 legislation on mandatory screening and registration of asbestos in buildings in view of economic transactions. Best way to secure as cost-efficient way as possible is to limit the mandatory screening and registration of asbestos to buildings constructed before 2005 or before the year of an equivalent national ban, whichever the…

The Trade Union Confederation is actively working for an asbestos-free future and therefore supports the EU’s initiative to obtain comprehensive evidence of the presence of asbestos in buildings. The information shall be transparent and made easily accessible through registers.

Filed in Danish · English published by the European Commission

The Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy is committed to improving the provisions for the protection of the health and safety of workers against the risks arising from exposure to asbestos at work and the prevention of such risks. The forthcoming presentation by the Commission of a legislative proposal on the control and registration of asbestos in buildings is therefore welcomed.

Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission

Asbestos screening prior to the start of work should be mandatory. Not only employers but also main contractors, contracting authorities, and owners should be obliged to carry out an asbestos diagnosis before commissioning any work. Only qualified and certified operators should be commissioned with the search for asbestos prior to the start of work.

A asbestos-free future must also concern the final treatment of asbestos waste. Technologies for the treatment and recovery of asbestos waste such as vitrification exist in Europe and states still accept that this toxic waste goes to burial. Landfilling does not eliminate the harmful effects of damp fibres: the health and environmental risk persists. Millions of tonnes of asbestos waste are stored underground.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

The main objective of the protection of health and the environment, as set out in the European Commission’s initiative on the inspection, registration and monitoring of asbestos in buildings, is a key argument in favour of regulation in this area.

Filed in Polish · English published by the European Commission

ZDB, the German Construction Confederation, does not support the set-up of a general and obligatory asbestos register for buildings requiring screening of all buildings. The mapping of all existingbuildings in an asbestos register requrires skilled people, specialised enterprises and is costly. The bureaucratic effort involved cannot be justified. ZDB only suggests mapping in case of sufficient probability only.

Comments BY UGT ON THE PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the development of work carried out by the European Parliament and the Council in line with the European Trade Union Confederation, please find below our comments:

Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission

Regarding the preparation of the Commission's legislative proposal of asbestos screening and registration, it will be necessary to consider the increased financial costs of individual EU member states for technical and personnel equipment (e.g. purchase of electron microscopes, establishment of databases, creation of sampling groups).

The Construction Association considers the register of buildings to be a good thing. We have old buildings that can be exposed to asbestos without knowing it. Exposures can be employees living in a property, renovating real estate maintenance or real estate, moving and working on the façade of the property, in public spaces and in people’s dwellings. From the floors of cellars in buildings of a certain age, e.g.

Filed in Finnish · English published by the European Commission

Introduction: The elimination of asbestos-related diseases and the protection of construction workers from asbestos in relation to building activities are important objectives shared by social, cooperative and public housing providers.

A number of Member States already have asbestos measures in place that strike the right balance between cost-effectiveness/proportionality and the tangible health benefits of screening and removal of asbestos. For example, in the Netherlands, a risk-based approach is followed to ensure that financial instruments are used effectively when workers are most at risk of being exposed to asbestos.

Filed in Dutch · English published by the European Commission

Asbestos screening prior to the start of work should be mandatory. Not only employers but also main contractors, contracting authorities, and owners should be obliged to carry out an asbestos diagnosis before commissioning any work. Only qualified and certified operators should be commissioned with the search for asbestos prior to the start of work.

Established in 2020 and funded by Mesothelioma UK, the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre (MURC) conducts research on the experience of people with mesothelioma, their families, carers and people working with them. The goal is to generate evidence to help healthcare professionals and support organisations improve the support and care they provide for people affected by mesothelioma, and to inform relevant policy.

Asbestos dust, if inhaled, is very dangerous to health. Intact or encapsulated materials containing asbestos are not a hazard. Therefore, special care should be taken in the handling of asbestos-containing materials. Finland has effective processes and precautions to remove asbestos from building structures safely. The use of asbestos was completely banned in Finland in 1994.

Filed in Finnish · English published by the European Commission

Craft professional partnerships are incomparable! Priority should continue to be given to: the quality of the work takes care of the collection by hand and all reflects its natural nature in the marshes. The unique identification certifying its origin must appear exclusively as a guarantee of quality only and clearly on the selected product in order to inform consumers.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

it is indeed important to diagnose buildings and inform sellers and/or buyers of asbestos. Access to asbestos removal should, however, be made easier, especially in the most common sense. It is clear that the owners of asbestos-containing property do not remove asbestos as they are constrained by the price and complexity of the intervention.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Hello, As a geologist specializing in natural asbestos, I consider that exposure to asbestos outcrops is not sufficiently taken into account on a European scale. Indeed, many countries do not have appropriate regulations concerning this issue.

The Swedish Construction Workers’ Union supports the Commission’s proposal for legislative measures to ensure that an asbestos-free environment is in. 1. There shall be an obligation to screen buildings in both private and public buildings, such as the model energy certification of real estate when sold. 2.

Filed in Swedish · English published by the European Commission

comprehensive identification necessary (with mandatory destructive identification) to assess the risks of the controlled deadlines and costs and to impose a minimum period of time on the Ordering Officer between the date of signature and submission of the identification reports and the start of the work to enable the company to assess the risks that have been completed and not truncated as a result of the delays…

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

I work in the field of property diagnosis, a European citizen and a manager of Diversification and R -D at EX’IM France. The cost of energy, the global context and the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement are obliging us, European citizens, and homeowners to carry out serious energy renovation.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission