SECTION IIIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 13Repeal 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Directives 80/1107/EEC, 82/605/EEC and 88/364/EEC shall be repealed on the date referred to in Article 14(1).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)23, 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 workplace24.’;

(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 work25 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 workplace26.’

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.