Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-29-Speech-4-320-000"
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"en.20120329.36.4-320-000"2
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"In 2004, Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2004/40/EC on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields), which should have been transposed into national law by the Member States by 30 April 2008. However, there was a strong campaign by manufacturers of magnetic resonance equipment and associations of radiologists to exclude the medical sector and magnetic resonance imaging scanners from the scope of the directive. It was alleged that magnetic resonance equipment could not comply with the ceilings provided for in the directive, meaning that patients would be deprived of the early detection of various diseases, such as cancer. In this context, in 2007, the Commission proposed extending the deadline for transposing the directive by four years. It is now making an identical proposal, thereby delaying the matter until 2014. Our group voted against putting back transposition until 2012 and our stance now is consistent with the stance we took back then. This is because we believe that many workers are being deprived of the workplace health and safety protection to which they are entitled as regards electromagnetic fields. This right should be guaranteed and realised."@en1
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