European Parliament 6 February 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0200/02 by Charles Tannock (PPE-DE), Per-Arne Arvidsson (PPE-DE)and Antonios Trakatellis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Asbestos regulations in the European Union.

At this stage the Commission does not intend to take further action on the matter due to the reported German regulation. As to the wider context of age discrimination, Article 13 of the EC Treaty foresees that the appropriate legislative action may be taken to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.