Council Directive 98/24/ECShow full title

Article 13 U.K. Repeal and amendment of earlier Directives

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 Directives 80/1107/EEC, 82/605/EEC and 88/364/EEC shall be repealed on the date referred to in Article 14(1).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.

(1)

OJ L 263, 24.9.1983, p. 25. Directive as amended by Directive 91/382/EEC (OJ L 206, 29.7.1991, p. 16).

(2)

OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1.’;

(3)

OJ L 137, 24.5.1986, p. 28.

(4)

OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1.’