Additionally, the employer must provide workers with sanitary facilities, rest rooms and living quarters as set out in Annex 2, Part B, with effect from 31 December 1994. Here too the deadline is extended by two years in the case of sanitary facilities, rest rooms and living quarters on board means of transport already in service on that date. The employer is responsible for ensuring the technical maintenance of installations, the regular cleaning of means of transport and the regular checking of safety, emergency, control and signalling equipment, as well as for devising suitable organizational measures and selecting the equipment intended to safeguard the health and safety of workers during transport activities. Workers must receive training, including emergency evacuation practice and rescue drills, designed to promote accident prevention measures relevant to transport activities. However, a derogation from paragraph 4 of this Article is included.
Provision is made for the obligatory consultation and participation of workers.
Annex III lays down the minimum requirements for the organization and carrying out of transport activities. In addition to general provisions, it also contains specific provisions for various types of transport. Member States are required to report to the Commission every five years on the practical implementation of the Directive. The Commission presented its proposal on 17 November 1992. The Commission accepted some of these amendments.