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Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) · European Union

The list referred to in paragraph 1 shall be kept for at least 10 years following the end of exposure, in accordance with national laws and/or practice. In the case of those exposures which may result in infections: with biological agents known to be capable of establishing persistent or latent infections; that, in the light of present knowledge, are undiagnosable until illness develops many years later; that have particularly long incubation periods before illness develops; that result in illnesses which recrudesce at times over a long period despite treatment, or that may have serious long-term sequelae, the list shall be kept for an appropriately longer time up to 40 years following the last known exposure.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.