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- That is, between 1 July 1972 and 31 December 1979.
- Perhaps because the FMP (occupational diseases fund) is part of the Ministry of Labor, not Health.
- Mesothelioma stands for “diffuse malignant mesothelioma” throughout.
- Royal Decree, 22 March 1999.
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- Presented by Dr. Krassimir Mitchev of Erasmus Hospital at the 11th Annual „Congress of the European Respiratory Society in Berlin (2001).
- Royal Decree, 26 May 2002. Six cases had already been com-pensated on the “open list” system, the victims having proved a causal link.
- Royal Decree, 15 December 1978.
- Directive 83/477/EEC, OJ n° L 263 of 24 September 1983, p 25.
- Royal Decree, 28 August 1986.
- Royal Decree, 22 July 1991.
- Directive 91/659/EEC, OJ n° L 363 of 31 December 1991, pp 36–8.
- Royal Decree, 3 February 1998.
- Eternit products (in Belgium) are asbestos-free since 1997.
- Directive 1999/77/EC, OJ n° L 207 of 6 August 1999, pp 18–20.
- Royal Decree, 22 March 1999.
- There was one exception: in 1990 American solicitors came to solicit ex-Manville workers, proposing to sue Manville in the United States in exchange for 40% of the damages be collected. They were never heard of again by the victims.
- Ministerial Decree, 22 December 1993.
- January 1976 in France.
- 1942 in Germany, 1985 in France and in the United-Kingdom.