Press Release: European Commission hails Council agreement on measures to protect workers exposed to electro-magnetic fields and waves

At the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 20 October 2003, agreement was reached on legislation designed to protect the health and safety of workers exposed to electromagnetic fields and waves. The Directive requires employers to carry out assessments of the risks posed to their employees from electro-magnetic fields, for example from electricity generation, radio and TV broadcasting antennae, mobile phone antennae, radar installations, or large furnaces of the type used in the metal industries. The Directive sets out issues that should be covered in this risk assessment, for example certain direct and indirect effects, such as interference with medical equipment e.g. pacemakers, or ignition of flammable objects.

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