Council Directive 92/57/EECShow full title

Article 3 Appointment of coordinators — Safety and health plan — Prior notice

1. The client or the project supervisor shall appoint one or more coordinators for safety and health matters, as defined in Article 2 (e) and (f), for any construction site on which more than one contractor is present.

2. The client or the project supervisor shall ensure that prior to the setting up of a construction site a safety and health plan is drawn up in accordance with Article 5 (b).

The Member States may, after consulting both management and the workforce, allow derogations from the provisions of the first paragraph, except where the work concerned involves particular risks as listed in Annex II.

3. In the case of constructions sites:

• on which work is scheduled to last longer than 30 working days and on which more than 20 workers are occupied simultaneously, or

• on which the volume of work is scheduled to exceed 500 person-days,

the client or the project supervisor shall communicate a prior notice drawn up in accordance with Annex III to the competent authorities before work starts.

• The prior notice must be clearly displayed on the construction site and, if necessary, periodically updated.