PROPOSAL TO REPLACE EMF DIRECTIVE

摘要

A legislative proposal to replace the European directive on the protection of workers from electromagnetic fields (EMF) (2004/40/EC) has been discussed by MEPs from the European Employment and Social Affairs Committee. Industry and employees' representatives did not welcome the proposals - though for very different reasons. Implementation of the 2004 EMF directive was postponed - it should have come into force in 2008 - after objections that it would severely limit the use of magnetic resonance imagery (MRI) as well as some industrial applications.