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Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of substances and setting limit values in its Annexes I, III and IIIa

This file in Employment & Social Affairs is currently at Council Position. EUvahti does not yet have a verified plain-language summary, so the official title is shown unchanged.

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Where it is now

Council Position
Last movement
6 Oct 2026
Started
6 Oct 2025
Lead committees
EMPL
This file last checked · Helsinki time
8 Oct 2026, 03:47

Latest movement

Parliament published the vote record

A-10-2026-0100

6 Oct 2026

Parliament held a plenary vote

6 Oct 2026

Where this file is now

An ordinary EU law can be agreed at first reading. Second reading and conciliation are only needed if agreement has not been reached. EUvahti marks the current recorded step; the other steps below are possible stages, not confirmed events for this file.

  1. 1Commission Proposal6 Oct 2025
  2. 2EP Committee
  3. 3EP 1st Reading
  4. 4Council Position · Current recorded stepLast dated movement: 6 Oct 2026
  5. 5EP 2nd Reading · If needed
  6. 6Conciliation · If needed
  7. 7Adopted
  8. 8Published in OJ
1
Commission Proposal
6 Oct 2025
2
EP Committee
3
EP 1st Reading
4
Council Position · Current
6 Oct 2026
5
EP 2nd Reading · If needed
6
Conciliation · If needed
7
Adopted
8
Published in OJ

Council Position

The Council has adopted its position and the file can return to Parliament.

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The file was sent to a parliamentary committee
6 Oct 2025
The committee published a draft report
EMPLEMPL-PR-78136211 Dec 2025
Committee amendments were tabled
EMPLEMPL-AM-78228230 Jan 2026
The committee adopted its report
15 Apr 2026
The file was scheduled for a plenary sitting
A-10-2026-010017 Apr 2026
Parliament approved opening negotiations
29 Apr 2026
Negotiations with the Council began
7 May 2026
Negotiations with the Council began
23 Jun 2026
The committee approved a provisional agreement
EMPL-AG-7918972 Sept 2026
The file was scheduled for a plenary sitting
A-10-2026-0100-AM-046-04630 Sept 2026
The file was scheduled for a plenary sitting
A-10-2026-0100-AM-001-04530 Sept 2026
Parliament published the vote record
A-10-2026-01006 Oct 2026
Parliament held a plenary vote
6 Oct 2026
Plenary adopt position
TA-10-2026-03216 Oct 2026

Plenary votes

Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work ***I

6 Oct 2026

Open vote details
For 499Against 49Abstain 104Passed

Breakdown by political group

Official documents

EP report EMPL-PR-781362

EP report - 11 Dec 2025

Open

Provisional agreement EMPL-AG-791897

Provisional agreement - 2 Sept 2026

Open

What happens next

Parliament will consider the Council's position and decide whether to accept or amend it.

Key facts

Procedure type
COD
Ordinary Legislative Procedure (co-decision)
Policy area
Employment & Social Affairs
Parliament file

Committees

EMPL

Employment and Social Affairslead

EMPL-AM-782282

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