Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work

Procedure 2025/0232(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work”; the committee responsible is EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Completed: Signed on 21 Oct 2026, publication in the Official Journal pending. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 6 Oct 2026 (final vote): adopted with 499 votes in favour, 49 against and 104 abstentions.

Reference

2025/0232(COD)

Type

Ordinary legislative procedure

Official title

Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of substances and setting limit values in its Annexes I, III and IIIa

Status

Completed, 1st reading

Lead

EMPL Employment and Social Affairs

Rapporteur

Liesbet Sommen (EPP, Belgium)

Shadow rapporteurs

Per Clausen (The Left, Denmark), Maria Ohisalo (Greens/EFA, Finland), Nora Mebarek (S&D, France), Grégory Allione (Renew, France), Mariateresa Vivaldini (ECR, Italy), Margarita de la Pisa Carrión (PfE, Spain)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

• Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work (A10-0100/2026), 6 Oct 2026: final vote, adopted, 499 for, 49 against, 104 abstentions

Votes in the Council of the EU

• 19 Oct 2026: Council (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 24 for, 1 against, 2 abstentions. Against: Germany; Abstained: Belgium, Poland. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

1. 6 Oct 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
2. 13 Oct 2025: Appointment of a rapporteur
3. 11 Dec 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
4. 15 Apr 2026: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
5. 17 Apr 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
6. 29 Apr 2026: Endorsement of the EP committee responsible decision to start interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
7. 7 May 2026: Interinstitutional negotiation (2 times, most recently on 23 Jun 2026)
8. 2 Sep 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
9. 6 Oct 2026: EP position at 1st reading
10. 21 Oct 2026: Signature

• All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Votes in the Council: Council of the European Union, voting results (consilium.europa.eu), reused with acknowledgement of the source under Decision (EU) 2017/1842; population figures from the Council’s Rules of Procedure (Annex III, Official Journal of the EU). Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)