29. 10. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 268/71 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/88/EEC of 12 October 1993 amending Directive 20/679/EEC 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) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 118a thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), drawn up after consulting the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work, In cooperation with the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (°), Whereas Article 18 of Directive 90/679/EEC (*) states that, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 118a of the Treaty, the Council must adopt a first list of Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 biological agents for Annex III to that Directive ; Whereas that first list of biological agents must be classi- fied on the basis of the definitions given in Article 2 (d) (2), (3) and (4) (Groups 2, 3 and 4) of the said Directive ; Whereas the list does not contain genetically modified biological agents ; Whereas, for a number of biological agents details addi- tional to their classification should be given; () OJ No C 217, 24. 8. 1992, p. 32. () OJ No C 72, 19. 3. 1993, p. 74 and OJ No C 255, 20. 9. 1993. () OJ No C 19, 25. 1. 1993, p. 16. () OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1. Whereas it is appropriate to include in Directive 90/679/EEC a recommended code of practice, for the purpose of furnishing guidelines only, on vaccination of workers exposed to biological agents for which effective vaccines exist, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 90/679/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. the following subparagraph shall be inserted after the second subparagraph of Article 14 (3): ‘When employers make vaccines available, they should take account of the recommended code of practice set out in Annex VIL’; 2. Annex III shall be replaced by the text in Annex I to this Directive ; 3. Annex VII appearing in Annex II to this Directive shall be added. Article 2 1.  Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu- lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 30 April 1994. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. However, in the case of the Portuguese Republic, the date referred to in the first subparagraph shall be 31 December 1995.