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Without prejudice to Article 4 (1), Member States shall to this end prohibit the employment of young people for: work which is objectively beyond their phyiscal or psychological capacity; work involving harmful exposure to agents which are toxic, carcinogenic, cause heritable genetic damage, or harm to the unborn child or which in any other way chronically affect human health; work involving harmful exposure to radiation; work involving the risk of accidents which it may be assumed cannot be recognized or avoided by young persons owing to their insufficient attention to safety or lack of experience or training; or work in which there is a risk to health from extreme cold or heat, or from noise or vibration. Work which is likely to entail specific risks for young people within the meaning of paragraph 1 includes: work involving harmful exposure to the physical, biological and chemical agents referred to in point I of the Annex, and processes and work referred to in point II of the Annex.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-03 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.