Article 7

Directive 2003/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 February 2003 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise) (Seventeenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) · European Union

Limitation of exposure 1. Under no circumstances shall the exposure of the worker as determined in accordance with Article 3(2) exceed the exposure limit values. 2. If, despite the measures taken to implement this Directive, exposures above the exposure limit values are detected, the employer shall: take immediate action to reduce the exposure to below the exposure limit values; identify the reasons why overexposure has occurred; and amend the protection and prevention measures in order to avoid any recurrence.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.