
Article 1 
Directive 2004/37/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) the following article is inserted:
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Article 13a 
Social Partners' agreements possibly concluded in the field of this Directive shall be listed on the website of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). That list shall be regularly updated.';
((2)) in Annex I the following points are added:
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7.. Work involving dermal exposure to mineral oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine.
8.. Work involving exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions.';
((3)) Annex III is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than two years after the date of its entry into force. They shall immediately inform the Commission of the text of those measures. When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 16 January 2019.
For the European Parliament
The President
A. TAJANI
For the Council
The President
G. CIAMBA
ANNEX

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ANNEX III  A. 

Name of agent EC No CAS No Limit values Notation Transitional measures
8 hours Short-term
mg/m3 ppm f/ml mg/m3 ppm f/ml
Hardwood dusts — — 2 — — — — — — Limit value 3 mg/m3 until 17 January 2023
Chromium (VI) compounds which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a)(as chromium) — — 0,005 — — — — — — Limit value 0,010 mg/m3 until 17 January 2025Limit value: 0,025 mg/m3 for welding or plasma cutting processes or similar work processes that generate fume until 17 January 2025
Refractory ceramic fibres which are carcinogens within the meaning of point (i) of Article 2(a) — — — — 0,3 — — — — 
Respirable crystalline silica dust — — 0,1 — — — — — — 
Benzene 200-753-7 71-43-2 3,25 1 — — — — skin 
Vinyl chloride monomer 200-831-0 75-01-4 2,6 1 — — — — — 
Ethylene oxide 200-849-9 75-21-8 1,8 1 — — — — skin 
1,2-Epoxypropane 200-879-2 75-56-9 2,4 1 — — — — — 
Trichloroethylene 201-167-4 79-01-6 54,7 10 — 164,1 30 — skin 
Acrylamide 201-173-7 79-06-1 0,1 — — — — — skin 
2-Nitropropane 201-209-1 79-46-9 18 5 — — — — — 
o-Toluidine 202-429-0 95-53-4 0,5 0,1 — — — — skin 
4,4′-Methylenedianiline 202-974-4 101-77-9 0,08 — — — — — skin 
Epichlorohydrine 203-439-8 106-89-8 1,9 — — — — — skin 
Ethylene dibromide 203-444-5 106-93-4 0,8 0,1 — — — — skin 
1,3-Butadiene 203-450-8 106-99-0 2,2 1 — — — — — 
Ethylene dichloride 203-458-1 107-06-2 8,2 2 — — — — skin 
Hydrazine 206-114-9 302-01-2 0,013 0,01 — — — — skin 
Bromoethylene 209-800-6 593-60-2 4,4 1 — — — — — 
Diesel engine exhaust emissions   0,05       The limit value shall apply from 21 February 2023. For underground mining and tunnel construction the limit value shall apply from 21 February 2026.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures, particularly those containing benzo[a]pyrene, which are carcinogens within the meaning of this Directive         skin 
Mineral oils that have been used before in internal combustion engines to lubricate and cool the moving parts within the engine         skin 











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