SECTION IGENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1Subject

1.

This Directive, which is the eleventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC, lays down minimum requirements for the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral-extracting industries through drilling defined in

2.

The provisions of Directive 89/391/EEC shall apply in full to the sphere referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to more stringent and/or specific provisions contained in this Directive.

Article 2Definitions

For the purpose of this Directive:

  1. (a)

    mineral-extracting industries through drilling shall mean all the industries practising:

    • extraction, in the strict sense of the word, of minerals through drilling by boreholes, and/or

    • prospection with a view to such extraction, and/or

    • preparation of extracted materials for sale, excluding the activities of processing the materials extracted;

  2. (b)

    workplace shall mean the whole area intended to house workstations, relating to the immediate and ancillary activities and installations of the mineral-extracting industries through drilling, including accommodation, where provided, to which workers have access in the context of their work.