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Use of work equipment
To implement minimum practical measures with a view to encouraging an improvement in the health and safety of workers when using work equipment.
ACT
Council Directive 89/655/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) [See amending acts].
SUMMARY
Employers' obligations:
Amendment of the Annex
The addition of supplementary minimum requirements applicable to specific work equipment shall be adopted by the Council (procedure laid down in Article 138 of the Treaty). Directive 2001/45/EC, for example, introduced minimum requirements with a view to improving the health and safety of persons working at a height (ladders, scaffolding and ropes), thus helping to bring about a significant reduction in the number of falls.
Technical adjustments shall be adopted by the Commission (procedure laid down in Directive 89/391/EEC).
References
Act |
Entry into force |
Deadline for transposition in the Member States |
Official Journal |
Directive 89/655/EEC |
31.12.1992 |
- |
Official Journal L 393 of 30.12.1989 |
Amending act(s) |
Entry into force |
Deadline for transposition in the Member States |
Official Journal |
Directive 2001/45/EC |
19.07.2001 |
19.06.2004 |
OJ L195 of 19.7.2001 |
Directive 95/63/EC |
05.12.1995 |
- |
OJ L 335 of 30.12.1995 |
Directive 2007/30/EC |
28.6.2007 |
31.12.2007 |
OJ L 165 of 27.6.2007 |
Last updated: 07.04.2008