Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work
Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of substances and setting limit values in its Annexes I, III and IIIa
- Stage
- Council adoption, reached 3 Jul 2026
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Liesbet Sommen (EPP)
- Lead DG
- DG EMPL
- Commissioner
- Roxana Mînzatu
- Council configuration
- Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
- Last activity
- 2 Sept 2026
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 153; TFEU Art. 294
Where it stands
Latest: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible, 2 Sept 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 17 dates, 18 Jul 2025 to 8 May 2026
- 18 Jul 2025
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- 1 Sept 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 1 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 6 Oct 2025
- Referred to committee
- 21 Oct 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Protection of workers from risks related to exposure to carcinogens at work, 36 responses · Commission
- Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
- 11 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 19 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Coreper
- 1 Dec 2025
- General approach by the Council
- 11 Dec 2025
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
- 26 Jan 2026
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 29 Jan 2026
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 30 Jan 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible
- 15 Apr 2026
- Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Committee report adopted
- 17 Apr 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- Tabled for plenary
- 29 Apr 2026
- Endorsement by EP plenary of the committee decision to start interinstitutional negotiations · Parliament, plenary
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
- 7 May 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 8 May 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 13 May 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 17 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 19 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 23 Jun 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 24 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 3 Jul 2026
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper · Council
- 22 Jul 2026
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper · Council
- 2 Sept 2026
- Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Liesbet Sommen | EPP | BE | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Grégory Allione | Renew | FR | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Margarita De La Pisa Carrión | PfE | ES | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Maria Ohisalo | Greens/EFA | FI | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Mariateresa Vivaldini | ECR | IT | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Nora Mebarek | S&D | FR | EMPL |
| Shadow rapporteur | Per Clausen | The Left | DK | EMPL |
Amendments
Tabled on 30 Jan 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- EMPL87
By author
- Maria Ohisalo · Verts/ALE27
- Per Clausen23
- Estelle Ceulemans20
- Marc Angel20
- Nora Mebarek20
- Johan Danielsson19
- Grégory Allione13
- Hristo Petrov13
- Jana Toom13
- Valérie Devaux13
ShowHide 10 more authors
- Martin Hojsík9
- Andrea Wechsler2
- Chiara Gemma2
- Elena Donazzan2
- Francesco Torselli2
- Maravillas Abadía Jover2
- Mariateresa Vivaldini2
- Marion Walsmann2
- Markus Ferber2
- Raúl de la Hoz Quintano2
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Annex – paragraph 1 – point 15
- Annex – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c4
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 b (new)4
- Recital 12 f (new)4
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 k (new)3
- Recital 12 b (new)3
- Recital 12 c (new)3
- Recital 12 d (new)3
- Recital 12 e (new)3
- Recital 12 g (new)3
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Recital 33
- Recital 63
- Annex – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a2
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 c (new)2
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 f (new)2
- Article 2 – paragraph 12
- Recital 12
- Recital 12 a (new)2
- Recital 12 h (new)2
- Recital 12 i (new)2
- Recital 22
- Recital 2 a (new)2
- Recital 2 b (new)2
- Recital 8 a (new)2
- Annex – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)1
- Annex– paragraph 1 – point 31
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 d (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 e (new)1
Covers 71 of the 87 amendments.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · PE781.362Parliament · 11 Dec 2025
- Amendments · PE782.282Parliament · 11 Dec 2025
- Proposal · COM(2025)0418Commission · 18 Jul 2025
- Report · A10-0100/2026Parliament
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2026)004807Parliament
- Agenda · PE791.897Parliament
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | 36 |
Summary
GeneratedThis amending directive updates Directive 2004/37/EC by adding new carcinogens and mutagens to its annexes and setting binding occupational exposure limit values. It tightens safety standards for workers handling toxic substances, directly strengthening EU occupational health protections. The file is currently in trilogue negotiations between the Commission, Parliament, and Council.
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