27.6.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 165/21 DIRECTIVES DIRECTIVE 2007/30/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 June 2007 amending Council Directive 89/391/EEC, its individual Directives and Council Directives 83/477[EEC, 91/383[EEC, 92/29/EEC and 94/33/EC with a view to simplifying and rationalising the reports on practical implementation (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE safety requirements for the use by workers of personal EUROPEAN UNION, protective equipment at the workplace (), Council Directive 90/269/EEC of 29 May 1990 concerning the minimum health and safety requirements for the manual Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European handling of loads where there is a risk particularly Community, and in particular Article 137(2) thereof, of back injury to workers (), Council Directive 90/270/EEC of 29 May 1990 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for work with display Having regard to the Commission’s proposal, screen equipment (%), Council Directive 92/57[EEC of 24 June 1992 concerning the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and or mobile construction sites (°), Council Directive Social Committee (1), 92/58/EEC of 24 June 1992 concerning the minimum requirements for the provision of safety andfor health signs at work (1%, Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 After consulting the Committee of the Regions, October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article re.cently given birth or are breastfeeding (1), Cour.1c11 251 of the Treaty (3, Directive 92/91 /EEC. of 3 November 1992 concerning the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral- Whereas: extracting industries through drilling (12, Council ' Directive 92/104/EEC of 3 December 1992 on the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in surface and underground mineral-extracting  industries (13), Council Directive 93/103/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for work on board fishing vessels (*4), Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 concerning the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (*°), Directive 1999/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (19), Directive 2002/44[EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure (1) The preparation by the Member States of practical im- plementation reports as a basis for the Commission’s periodical reports on the implementation of the Community rules on the safety and health of workers, is provided for by Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (), and by the individual Directives within the meaning of Article 16(1) of that Directive, namely: Council Directive 89/654/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (*), Council Directive 89/655/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (°), Council Directive 89/656/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum health and (") Opinion delivered on 17 January 2006. () OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 18. (3 Opinion of the European Parliament of 26 April 2007 (not yet (') OJ L 156, 21.6.1990, p. 9. published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 30 May (®) OJ L 156, 21.6.1990, p. 14. 2007. () O] L 245, 26.8.1992, p. 6. () O] L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (19 OJ L 245, 26.8.1992, p. 23. (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the () OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 1. Council (O] L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). () O] L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 9. () O] L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 1. (%) O] L 404, 31.12.1992, p. 10. (*) OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Directive (') OJ L 307, 13.12.1993, p. 1. 2001/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (¥) OJ L 131, 5.5.1998, p. 11. (O] L 195, 19.7.2001, p. 46). (1) O] L 23, 28.1.2000, p. 57.