1.Directives 80/1107/EEC, 82/605/EEC and 88/364/EEC shall be repealed on the date referred to in Article 14(1).
2.Council Directive 83/477/EEC of 19 September 1983 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 8 of Directive 80/1107/EEC)(1), is amended as follows:
(a)in the first sentence of Article 1(1), the following words shall be deleted:
‘which is the second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 8 of Directive 80/1107/EEC’;
(b)Article 9(2) shall be replaced by the following:
‘2.The amendments necessary to adapt the Annexes to this Directive to technical progress shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at the workplace(2).’;
(c)in the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) the words ‘in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 10 of Directive 80/1107/EEC’ shall be replaced by ‘in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Directive 89/391/EEC’.
3.Council Directive 86/188/EEC of 12 May 1986 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work(3) is amended as follows:
(a)in Article 1(1), the following words shall be deleted:
‘which is the third individual Directive within the meaning of Directive 80/1107/EEC’;
(b)in Article 12(2), the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
‘Annexes I and II shall be adapted to technical progress in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 of Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at the workplace(4).’
4.Any other reference in Directive 83/477/EEC and Directive 86/188/EEC to Directive 80/1107/EEC shall be obsolete from the date of repeal of the said Directive.
5.Directives 91/322/EEC and 96/94/EC remain in force.
OJ L 263, 24.9.1983, p. 25. Directive as amended by Directive 91/382/EEC (OJ L 206, 29.7.1991, p. 16).