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Workplaces, Equipment, Signs, Personal Protective Equipment

Workplaces, equipment, signs, personal protective equipment - OSH directives

Directive 2009/104/EC – use of work equipment
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)
Directive 1999/92/EC - risks from explosive atmospheres
of 16 December 1999 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (15th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC.
Directive 92/58/EEC - safety and/or health signs
of 24 June 1992 on the minimum requirements for the provision of safety and/or health signs at work (ninth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Directive 89/656/EEC - use of personal protective equipment
of 30 November 1989 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace (third individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Directive 89/654/EEC - workplace requirements
of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (first individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)

Workplaces, equipment, signs, personal protective equipment - OSH related aspects

Directive 2010/35/EU - transportable pressure equipment
of 16 June 2010 on transportable pressure equipment and repealing Council Directives 76/767/EEC, 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC, 84/527/EEC and 1999/36/EC
Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 - construction products
of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC
Directive 2006/95/EC - electrical equipment
Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
Directive 2006/42/EC - new machinery directive
of 17 May 2006 on machinery.
Directive 2001/95 EC - product safety
of 3 December 2001 on general product safety.
Directive 98/37/EC - machinery
of 22 June 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery. End of validity: 28/12/2009 - this directive will be replaced by directive 2006/42/EC.
Directive 97/23/EC - pressure equipment
of 29 May 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning pressure equipment.
Directive 95/16/EC - lifts
of 29 June 1995 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts.
Directive 94/9/EC - protective systems - potentially explosive atmospheres
of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Directive 90/396/EEC - burning gaseous fuels
of 29 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels
Directive 89/686/EEC - personal protective equipment
of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment.
Directive 89/106/EEC - construction poducts
of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to construction products.
Directive 87/404/EEC - simple pressure vessels
of 25 June 1987 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to simple pressure vessels.
Directive 85/374/EEC - liability for defective products
of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products.
Directive 84/527/EEC - welded unalloyed steel gas cylinders
of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to welded unalloyed steel gas cylinders.
Directive 84/526/EEC - aluminium gas cylinders
of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to seamless, unalloyed aluminium and aluminium alloy gas cylinders.
Directive 84/525/EEC - seamless, steel gas cylinders
of 17 September 1984 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to seamless, steel gas cylinders.
Directive 76/767/EEC - pressure vessels
of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for pressure vessels and methods for inspecting them.
Directive 75/324/EEC - aerosol dispensers
of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers.