CHAPTER IIEMPLOYERS' OBLIGATIONS

Article 9Information and training of workers

1.

Appropriate measures shall be taken by the employer to ensure that workers and/or any workers' representatives in the undertaking or establishment receive sufficient and appropriate training, on the basis of all available information, in particular in the form of information and instructions, concerning:

(a)

potential risks to health;

(b)

precautions to be taken to prevent exposure;

(c)

hygiene requirements;

(d)

wearing and use of protective equipment and clothing;

(e)

steps to be taken by workers in the case of incidents and to prevent incidents.

2.

The training shall be:

(a)

given at the beginning of work involving contact with biological agents,

(b)

adapted to take account of new or changed risks, and

(c)

repeated periodically if necessary.