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European Directives

A proposal for a Council Directive on physical agents, that included specific provisions in separate Annexes on noise, vibration, optical radiation and electromagnetic fields, was first published in 1993. In 1999 the Council agreed to take the four agents forward in individual Directives.

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Updated 2012-10-15