OSH system at national level - Bulgaria

Occupational Health and Safety legislative framework

Bulgarian occupational health and safety (OSH) legislation has twice undergone transformations meant to harmonize it with the EU approach, during the nineties and then upon becoming a Member State in 2007. The Framework Directive 89/391/EEC [1] was transposed in the Health and Safety at Work Law[2] while other individual Directives are transposed in governmental ordinances, like those for chemical, biological or physical agents[1][4][2][6], or for manual handling[7]The Bulgarian Health and Safety at Work Law (HSWL) was adopted in 1997, and since then it has been subject to several amendments. HSWL applies to all…