Portugal missed the deadline to implement the EU law on asbestos
The issue concerns the transposition of the directive requiring a reduction in the occupational exposure limit to asbestos. Portugal had two years to apply that rule but failed to meet the deadline, which expired this Sunday.
Portugal misses EU deadline to reduce workers' exposure to asbestos
SOS Amianto warns that Portugal “has not published the decree-law and the country enters into formal non-compliance today.” Exposure to this substance is responsible for 75% of occupational cancers in the European Union.