Press Release: Council and European Parliament reach agreement on rules on exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields

The Council and the European Parliament, with the help of the Commission, successfully concluded their negotiations on a new directive on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from electromagnetic fields. Today (10.4.2013), the member states' Permanent Representatives endorsed the compromise reached, thus paving the way for the adoption of the draft directive at first reading. In order to enter into force, the text still needs to be formally approved by the Parliament, whose vote in plenary is expected to take place in June, and by the Council, which is due to take its decision shortly after the vote in Parliament, so that the adoption can be completed before the summer break.