Safety and health of workers: protection against risk from explosive atmospheres

The committee was able to approve a joint text at its meeting of 21 October 1999 after Parliament's delegation had given its agreement to the final change which the Council had made to Amendment 4 (the last outstanding point at issue). The Council's proposed solution was to include the guidelines in the guide of good practice, while making an explicit reference to them. The EP delegation to the Conciliation Committee regarded the final outcome of conciliation as completely satisfactory for Parliament, especially as regards the 'guide of good practice', the 'practical guidelines' (Article 11 of the joint text) and the 'information to undertakings' (Article 12). It therefore adopted a draft legislative resolution on 24 November 1999 approving the joint text and recommended that it be adopted by Parliament at third reading.