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DIRECTIVE (EU) 2024/869 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 98/24/EC as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and for diisocyanates

The scope of Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) was extended by Directive (EU) 2022/431 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) to cover reprotoxic substances, including lead and its inorganic compounds. As a result, both Council Directive 98/24/EC (5), in Annexes I and II thereto, and Directive 2004/37/EC establish the same occupational exposure limit value and biological limit value for lead and its inorganic compounds. Those limit values do not take into account the latest scientific and technical developments and findings which enable the strengthening of workers’ protection from the risks arising from occupational exposure to lead and its inorganic compounds, which is a dangerous reprotoxic substance, as confirmed by the results of a Commission evaluation pursuant to Article 17a(4) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC (6). It is important for Member States to maintain equal protection of all workers and facilitate the compliance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including microenterprises, with the obligations introduced by this Directive. SMEs and microenterprises, which represent a large majority of the enterprises in the Union, often have limited financial, technical and human resources. Member States should therefore, in accordance with their national practice, consider the effects of the implementation of this Directive on SMEs and microenterprises, including any burdensome administrative tasks, so that they can, where necessary, facilitate their compliance with the obligations introduced by this Directive, for example by means of technical assistance or financial support through relevant Union funding. ....