SECTION IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1Subject
Article 2Definition
SECTION IIEMPLOYERS' OBLIGATIONS
Article 3Workplaces used for the first time
Article 4Workplaces already in use
Article 5Modifications to workplaces
Article 6General requirements
Article 7Information of workers
Article 8Consultation of workers and workers' participation
SECTION IIIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Article 9 Amendments to the Annexes
Article 9a Exercise of the delegation
Article 9b Urgency procedure
Article 10Final provisions
Article 11This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX IMINIMUM SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKPLACES USED FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 OF THE DIRECTIVE
1.Preliminary note 2.Stability and solidity 3.Electrical installations 4.Emergency routes and exits 4.1.Emergency routes and exits must remain clear and lead as...4.2.In the event of danger, it must be possible for...4.3.The number, distribution and dimensions of the emergency routes and...4.4.Emergency doors must open outwards. 4.5.Specific emergency routes and exits must be indicated by signs...4.6.Emergency doors must not be locked. 4.7.Emergency routes and exits requiring illumination must be provided with...5.Fire detection and fire fighting 5.1.Depending on the dimensions and use of the buildings, the...5.2.Non-automatic fire-fighting equipment must be easily accessible and simple to...6.Ventilation of enclosed workplaces 6.1.Steps shall be taken to see to it that there...6.2.If air-conditioning or mechanical ventilation installations are used, they must...7.Room temperature 7.1.During working hours, the temperature in rooms containing workstations must...7.2.The temperature in rest areas, rooms for duty staff, sanitary...7.3.Windows, skylights and glass partitions should allow excessive effects of...8.Natural and artificial room lighting 8.1.Workplaces must as far as possible receive sufficient natural light...8.2.Lighting installations in rooms containing workstations and in passageways must...8.3.Workplaces in which workers are especially exposed to risks in...9.Floors, walls, ceilings and roofs of rooms 9.1.The floors of rooms must have no dangerous bumps, holes...9.2.The surfaces of floors, walls and ceilings in rooms must...9.3.Transparent or translucent walls, in particular all-glass partitions, in rooms...9.4.Access to roofs made of materials of insufficient strength must...10.Windows and skylights 10.1.It must be possible for workers to open, close, adjust...10.2.Windows and skylights must be designed in conjunction with equipment...11.Doors and gates 11.1.The position, number and dimensions of doors and gates, and...11.2.Transparent doors must be appropriately marked at a conspicuous level....11.3.Swing doors and gates must be transparent or have see-through...11.4.If transparent or translucent surfaces in doors and gates are...11.5.Sliding doors must be fitted with a safety device to...11.6.Doors and gates opening upwards must be fitted with a...11.7.Doors along escape routes must be appropriately marked. 11.8.Doors for pedestrians must be provided in the immediate vicinity...11.9.Mechanical doors and gates must function in such a way...12.Traffic routes — danger areas 12.1.Traffic routes, including stairs, fixed ladders and loading bays and...12.2.Routes used for pedestrian traffic and/or goods traffic must be...12.3.Sufficient clearance must be allowed between vehicle traffic routes and...12.4.Where the use and equipment of rooms so requires for...12.5.If the workplaces contain danger areas in which, owing to...13.Specific measures for escalators and travelators 14.Loading bays and ramps 14.1.Loading bays and ramps must be suitable for the dimensions...14.2.Loading bays must have at least one exit point. 14.3.Loading ramps must as far as possible be safe enough...15.Room dimensions and air space in rooms — freedom of...15.1.Workrooms must have sufficient surface area, height and air space...15.2.The dimensions of the free unoccupied area at the workstation...16.Rest rooms 16.1.Where the safety or health of workers, in particular because...16.2.Rest rooms must be large enough and equipped with an...16.3.In rest rooms appropriate measures must be introduced for the...16.4.If working hours are regularly and frequently interrupted and there...17.Pregnant women and nursing mothers 18.Sanitary equipment 18.1.Changing rooms and lockers 18.1.1.Appropriate changing rooms must be provided for workers if they...18.1.2.Changing rooms must be sufficiently large and have facilities to...18.1.3.Provision must be made for separate changing rooms or separate...18.1.4.If changing rooms are not required under 18.1.1, each worker...18.2.Showers and washbasins 18.2.1.Adequate and suitable showers must be provided for workers if...18.2.2.The shower rooms must be sufficiently large to permit each...18.2.3.Where showers are not required under the first subparagraph of...18.2.4.Where the rooms housing the showers or washbasins are separate...18.3.Lavatories and washbasins 19.First aid rooms 19.1.One or more first aid rooms must be provided where...19.2.First aid rooms must be fitted with essential first aid...19.3.In addition, first aid equipment must be available in all...20.Handicapped workers 21.Outdoor workplaces (special provisions) 21.1.Workstations, traffic routes and other areas or installations outdoors which...21.2.Workplaces outdoors must be adequately lit by artificial lighting if...21.3.When workers are employed at workstations outdoors, such workstations must...
ANNEX IIMINIMUM HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKPLACES ALREADY IN USE, AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 OF THE DIRECTIVE
1.Preliminary note 2.Stability and solidity 3.Electrical installations 4.Emergency routes and exits 4.1.Emergency routes and exits must remain clear and lead as...4.2.In the event of danger, it must be possible for...4.3.There must be an adequate number of escape routes and...4.4.Emergency exit doors must open outwards. 4.5.Specific emergency routes and exits must be indicated by signs...4.6.Emergency doors must not be locked. 4.7.Emergency routes and exits requiring illumination must be provided with...5.Fire detection and fire fighting 5.1.Depending on the dimensions and use of the buildings, the...5.2.Non-automatic fire-fighting equipment must be easily accessible and simple to...6.Ventilation of enclosed workplaces 7.Room temperature 7.1.During working hours, the temperature in rooms containing workstations must...7.2.The temperature in rest areas, rooms for duty staff, sanitary...8.Natural and artificial room lighting 8.1.Workplaces must as far as possible receive sufficient natural light...8.2.Workplaces in which workers are especially exposed to risks in...9.Doors and gates 9.1.Transparent doors must be appropriately marked at a conspicuous level....9.2.Swing doors and gates must be transparent or have see-through...10.Danger areas 11.Rest rooms and rest areas 11.1.Where the safety or health of workers, in particular because...11.2.Rest rooms and rest areas must be equipped with tables...11.3.In rest rooms and rest areas appropriate measures must be...12.Pregnant women and nursing mothers 13.Sanitary equipment 13.1.Changing rooms and lockers 13.1.1.Appropriate changing rooms must be provided for workers if they...13.1.2.Changing rooms must have facilities to enable each worker to...13.1.3.Provision must be made for separate changing rooms or separate...13.2.Showers, lavatories and washbasins 13.2.1.Workplaces must be fitted out in such a way that...13.2.2.The showers and washbasins must be equipped with running water...13.2.3.Provision must be made for separate showers or separate use...14.First aid equipment 15.Handicapped workers 16.Movement of pedestrians and vehicles 17.Outdoor workplaces (special provisions)

Council Directive

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)

(89/654/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 118 a thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, submitted after consulting the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work,

In cooperation with the European Parliament2,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee3,

Whereas Article 118a of the Treaty provides that the Council shall adopt, by means of directives, minimum requirements for encouraging improvements, especially in the working environment, to ensure a better level of protection of the safety and health of workers;

Whereas, under the terms of that Article, those directives are to avoid imposing administrative, financial and legal constraints in a way which would hold back the creation and development of small and medium-sized Undertakings;

Whereas the communication from the Commission on its programme concerning safety, hygiene and health at work4 provides for the adoption of a directive designed to guarantee the safety and health of workers at the workplace;

Whereas, in its resolution of 21 December 1987 on safety, hygiene and health at work5, the Council took note of the Commission's intention of submitting to the Council in the near future minimum requirements concerning the arrangement of the place of work;

Whereas compliance with the minimum requirements designed to guarantee a better standard of safety and health at work is essential to ensure the safety and health of workers;

Whereas this Directive is an individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Council Directive 89/391 /EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work6; whereas the provisions of the latter are therefore fully applicable to the workplace without prejudice to more stringent and/or specific provisions contained in the present Directive;

Whereas this Directive is a practical contribution towards creating the social dimension of the internal market;

Whereas, pursuant to Decision 74/325/EEC7, as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession, the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work is consulted by the Commission on the drafting of proposals in this field,

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