UK Ordered to Tighten Asbestos Regs

The European Commission has requested that the UK amend its regulations on asbestos at work because they do not comply fully with the parent EU Directive.

Delivered in the form of a reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures, the Commission wants the UK to change provisions in its legislation that exempt some maintenance and repair activities from the application of the EU Directive on the protection of workers from asbestos.

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7th Mar 2011

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