Translation of "Limite des allongements totaux à y% sous charge " (French → English) :

A system of thresholds should be retained, but in a simplified form, in order to provide a satisfactory response to users' needs whilst reducing the burden of response on the parties responsible for providing statistical information, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises.

(4) A system of thresholds should be retained, but in a simplified form, in order to provide a satisfactory response to users' needs whilst reducing the burden of response on the parties responsible for providing statistical information, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises.

“1. In the case of certain activities such as demolition, removal, repairing, and maintenance in respect of which it is foreseeable that the limit value set out in Article 8(b) will be exceeded despite the use of technical preventive measures for limiting asbestos in air concentrations, the employer responsible for carrying out the work or subcontracting undertaking shall determine the measures intended to ensure protection of the workers while they are engaged in such activities, in particular the following:

Where the competent authority deciding on limitations in relation to the port in question is the managing body of that port and where the managing body itself or a service provider over which it has direct or indirect control or is involved in, is, or wishes to become, also a service provider in that port, Member States shall designate - where the service in question is the same or comparable - another body, which they will entrust with supervising the decision-making and approval of decision-making concerning any restrictions. National anti-trust organisations would seem to be the most appropriate for this purpose.

3. Where the competent authority deciding on limitations in relation to the port in question is the managing body of that port and where the managing body itself or a service provider over which it has direct or indirect control or is involved in, is, or wishes to become, also a service provider in that port, Member States shall designate – where the service in question is the same or competing – another body, which it will entrust with supervising the decision-making and approval of decision-making concerning any restrictions: national anti-trust organisations would seem to be the most appropriate for this purpose.

Verifications may be limited to selected measures/sub-measures and to samples of transactions provided that an audit plan ensures that all significant areas, including the departments/bodies responsible for authorisation and those departments to which functions have been delegated, are covered over a period not exceeding three years.