UoMVII SS IONEN FOR DE EUROPÆISKE FÆLLESSKABER 
K0M(92) 473 endelig udg. 
Bruxelles, den 17. november 1992 
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(forelagt af Kommissionen i henhold til EØF-Traktatens 
artikel 149, stk. 3) 

Ændret fors I ag til 
RÅDETS HENSTILLING 
med henblik på 
Rådets afgørelse om forhandlingsdirektiver med henblik på 
mødet i Den Internationale Arbejdskonference 
om en konvention og en henstilling 
vedrørende forebyggelse af større uheld i industrien(*) 
1} Den 12. naj 1992 fremsendte Kommis8ionen en henstilling med henblik 
på Rådets afgørelse om forhandlingedirektiver med henblik på madet 
i Den Internationale Arbejdskonference om en konvention og en 
henstilling vedrørende forebyggelse af større uheld i industrien 
(SEK (92) 709). Rådet har endnu ikke truffet en afgørelse i denne 
sag. 
2) I juni 1992 blev ILO-rapporten om forebyggelse af 
industrikatastrofer drøftet på den 79. samling i Den Internationale 
Arbejdskonference. Fællesskabet deltog aktivt i disse drøftelser. 
Den 22. juni 1992 vedtog Den Internationale Arbejdskonference en 
resolution, der i de generelle konklusioner godkendte forslag til 
en konvention og en- henstilling vedrørende forebyggelse af 
industrikatastrofer. 
ILO udarbejdede på grundlag af "de vedtagne konklusioner rapporten 
IV (1) "Forebyggelse af større uheld i industrien", som der skal 
reageres på senest den 30. november 1992. 
Denne rapport skal drøftes og afsluttes i Geneve i juni 1993. 
J) Det er op til Fællesskabet at svare pi rapporten. Fællesskabets 
svar vil blive fremsendt til ILO af Kommissionen. Der vil i svaret 
selvfølgelig blive taget hensyn til høringer af arbejdsmarkedets 
parter i overensstemmelse med Konvention nr. 144 vedrerende 
trepartshøringer om internationale arbejdsstandarder. Disse 
høringer vil blive foretaget af medlemsstaterne, og resultaterne 
vil blive meddelt Kommissionen. Resultaterne kan evt. fremsendes 
til ILO sammen med svaret. 
{*) tidligere: "forebyggelse af industrikatastrofer" 
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4) Da sagen haster, anmodes Rådet om hurtigt at træffe en beslutning 
vedrørende henstillingen af 12. maj 1992, idet det tager hensyn 
til, at bilag 1 til forhandlingsdirektiverne erstattes af et nyt 
bilag 1, som herved vedlægges. 
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B£LAG I 
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forslag til ILO-konvention og henstilling 
vedrørende 
'forebyggelse af større uheld i industrien" 
ILO-rapport IV(l)r 1992 
Forslaget gengiver på udmærket vis resultaterne af de drøftelser, der 
fandt sted i Geneve i juni 1992 på den 79. samling i Den Internationale 
Arbej dskonference. 
Generelle kommentarer til forslaget: 
1. Titlen pi den foreslåede konvention og henstilling er blevet ændret 
fra "Prevention of Industrial Disasters" [Forebyggelse af 
iiidustrUcatastrofer] til "Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents" 
[forebyggelse af større uheld i Industrien). Der er ingen 
indvendinger mod denne ændring. 
2. Da der er tale om et ILO-instrument, bør forslaget i væsentlig grad 
hensvise til aspekter vedrørende arbejdspladsen og arbejdstagernes 
sikkerhed og sundhed. Der bør klart henvises til målgruppen i 
konventionens præambel, og ordlyden "in particular to protect 
workers" [især for at beskytte arbejdstagerne] bør tilføjes i 5-
afsnit, punkt b) og c). 
For ikke at give indtryk af at ILO går ud over organisationens 
kompetenceområde, bør kun henstillingen indeholde detaljerede 
henvisninger til folkesundhed og miljø. Der bør fremsættes 
specifikke forslag under konferencen, efter høring af 
medlemsstaterne i Geneve. 
i. Henvisninger til "near misses" (hændelser, der VAT lige ved at fere 
til scerre uheld) som en defineret begivenhed bør slettes i 
konventionen og erstattes af en mere generel henvisning til de 
erfaringer, man kan drage af sådanne hændelser med henblik på 
forebyggelse af større uheld. 
Det ville være vanskeligt for medlemsstaterne via deres lovgivning 
at gennemtvinge et obligatorisk system til rapportering af uheld, 
der var lige ved at finde sted. 
På grund af betydningen af de erfaringer, man kan drage af sådanne 
hændelser, ville indarbejdelsen af princippet i henstillingen dog 
kunne fore til en højere grad af samarbejde og udveksling af 
oplysninger. 
Der er derfor i princippet ingen indvendinger mod at medtage et 
afsnit om "near misses" i henstillingen, for at give sådanne 
hændelser større vægt, når der skal gennemføres praktiske 
foranstaltninger. ILO kunne udarbejde et forslag til dette afsnit, 
(se punkt 4 nedenfor). Afsnittet kunne også indeholde en definition 
at "near misses". Det vil dog være at foretrække, hvis definitionen 
allerede er en internationalt anerkendt definition (f.eks. OECD's 
definition). 
Konvention bør altså ændres som følger: 
Artikel 1, f), som er en definition af udtrykket "near miss", 
slettes, og 'artikel 13 om indrapportering af uheld fomuleres 
således: 
"1 Employer shall inform the competent authority and other bodies 
designated for this purpose as soon as a major accident occurs. 
2 Employers shall keep records, which must be made available to 
the competent authority on request, of lessons learned from the 
operation of the installation as it relates to incidents which 
could have led to major accidents, such reports should have 
been previously discussed with workers and their 
representatives." 
[1 Arbejdsgiveren skal straks informere den kompetente myndighed 
og andre organer, der er udvalgt med henblik herpå, når der 
sker et større uheld. 
2 Arbejdsgiverne skal fere optegnelser over de erfÅringer, der er 
gjort i forbindelse mød hdndelser, der kunne have fort- til 
større uheld, og disse optegnelser skal efter anmodning stilles 
til rådighed for den kompetente myndighed* sådanne rapporter 
bør først drøftes med arbejdstagerne og disses repræsentanter.] 
4. ILO's forslag om at udarbejde en alternativ henstilling, som skulle 
omfatte relevante bestemmelser fra kodeksen, støttes. 
På denne måde ville man undgå vanskelighederne med ajourføring af 
kodeksen og dens juridiske implikationer. 
Den alternative henstilling skal imidlertid godkendes af 
konferencen. 
5. I den nuværende artikel 6 i konventionen tages der kun højde for én 
situation, hvor oplysninger skal holdes fortrolige, nemlig 
oplysninger "whose disclosure to a competitor would be liable to 
cause harm to an employer's business" [oplysninger, som, hvis d? 
kommer til en konkurrents kendskab, vil kunne være til skade for 
arbejdsgiverens virksomhed). 
^ 
Der kan imidlertid opstå andre situationer, hvor oplysninger bør 
holdes fortrolige. 
Det foreslås derfor, at artikel 6 i forslaget- til konventionen 
ændres som følger: 
"The competent authortiy, after consulting the representative 
organisations of employers and workers concerned, shall make 
special provision to protect confidential information transmitted 
or made available to it in accordance with Articles 8, 11, 13 or 
14, so long as this provision does not lead to serious risk to the 
workers, the public or the environment. Confidential information in 
this Article refers to information having commercial and industrial 
confidentiality, including intellectual property, as well as the 
other types of information which must be clearly defined by the 
competent authority." 
[Den kompetente myndig skal efter høring af de berørte 
arbejdstageres og arbejdsgiveres repræsentative organisationer, 
træffe særlige forholdsregler for . at beskytte fortrolige 
oplysninger, som den har modtaget i henhold til artikel 8, 11, 13 
eller 14, forudsat ae sådanne forholdsregler ikke medfører 
alvorlige risici for arbejdstagerne, offentligheden eller miljøet. 
Ved fortrolige oplysninger forstås i denne artikel fortrolige 
torretning sop lysninger og industrihemmeligheder, herunder 
oplysninger omfattet af intellektuel ejendomsret, samt andre typer 
oplysninger, som skal defineres klart af den kompetente myndighed]. 
•en foreslåede yderligere tilføjelse i henstillingen lyder som 
folger: 
"The competent authority may consider taht the following defined 
sitatuions justify that certain information is confidential where 
it affects: 
the confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities, 
international relations and national defence, 
public security, 
matters which are, or have been, sub judiae, or under enquiry 
(including disciplinary enquiries), or which are the subject of 
preliminary investigation proceedings, 
the confidentiality of personal data and/or files, 
material, the disclosure of which would make it more likely 
that the environment to which such material related would be 
damaged." 
[Den kompetente myndighed kan skønne, at følgende definerede 
situationer gør det berettiget at holde visse oplysninger 
tortrolige, når disse vedrører: 
fortrolighed i forbindelse med offentlige myndigheders 
sagsbehandlinger, internationale relationer og forsvaret, 
den offentlige sikkerhed, 
suger som er, eller har været, genstand for en retssag, eller i 
rorbindelse med hvilke der foretages en undersøgelse (herunder 
disciplinære undersøgelser) eller forundersøgelser, 
personlige data og/eller personkartoteker, 
materiale, hvis offentliggørelse ville gøre det mere 
sandsynligt, at det miljø, som det pågældende materiale 
vedrører, ville blive beskadiget,) 
6. fiksport af skadelige stoffer dækkes i tilstrækkeligt omfang af 
konvention 170 om kemiske stoffer og behøves ikke gentages i denne 
konvention. Princippet om at importlandene skal have oplysninger om 
teknologi og processer, der er forbudt af sikkerhedsgrunde, kan 
accepteres. Dets medtagelse i bindende form i denne konvention -
specielt som en pligt, der skal opfyldes af eksportlandet - er ikke 
praktisk gennemførligt, fordi medlemsstaterne ikke ridder over 
mekanismer, der giver dem kendskab til hvilken teknologi eller 
hvilke processer, der eksporteres, eller til hvordan teknologien 
eller processerne vil blive anvendt under alle mulige forskellige 
omstændigheder. Hvis dette begreb flyttes over i henstillingen, bør 
der findes andre midler til dets gennemførelse. 
Der skal gøres opmærksom på de vanskeligheder, der blev konstateret 
under drøftelserne af dette spørgsmål pi ILO-konferencen i 1990 i 
forbindelse med udarbejdelsen af konvention 170 om kemiske stoffer, 
samt pi ILO* s fortolkning i afsnit 287 til og med 292 i 
"Provisional Record og the Seventy-Seventh Session of the 
international Labour Conference, Geneva, 1990M. 
* 
International Labour Conference 
80th Session 1993 
C Report rV(l) 
Prevention of major 
industrial accidents 
Fourth item on the agenda 
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CONTENTS 
Paf« 
INTRODUCTION 1 
PROPOSED TEXTS 2 
Proposed Convention concerning the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents 5 
Proposed Recommendation concerning the Prévention of Major Industrial 
Accidents II 
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f 
INTRODUCTION 
On 22 June 1992 the International Labour Conference, meeting in Geneva 
at its 79th Session, adopted the following resolution: 
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 
Havtng adopted the report of the Committee appointed to consider the fifth item on 
the agenda, 
Having in particular approved as general conclusions, with a view to the consultation 
of governments, proposals for a Convention and a Recommendation concerning preven­
tion of industrial disasters. 
Decides that an item entitled "Prevention of major industrial accidents" shall be 
included m the agenda of its next ordinary session for second discussion with a view to the 
adoption of a Convection and a Reeommendadon. 
By virtue of this resolution and in accordance with article 39, paragraph 6, 
of the Standing Orders of the Conference, the Office is required to prepare, on 
:he basis of the first discussion by the Conference, the texts of a proposed Con­
vention and Recommendation and to communicate them to governments so as 
to reach them not later than two months from the closing of the 79th Session of 
ihe Conference, asking them to state within three months, after consulting the 
most representative organisations of employers and workers, whether they have 
any amendments to suggest or comments to make. 
The purpose of the present report is to transmit to governments the texts of 
the proposed Convention and Recommendation based on the Conclusions 
adopted by the Conference at its 79th Session. 
In accordance with the Standing Orders of the Conference, any amendments 
or comments with regard to the proposed texts should be submitted as soon as 
possible and in any case so as lo reach the Oilier in (ienrvn not Intor than M) 
November 1992. Governments which have no amendments or comments to put 
forward are asked to inform the Office by the same date whether they consider 
that the proposed texts are a satisfactory basis for discussion by the Conference 
at its 80th Session. 
In accordance with article 39, paragraph 6, of the Standing Orders, govern­
ments are requested to consult the most representative organisations of em­
ployers and workers before they finalise their replies and to indicate which 
organisations they have consulted. This is also required by Article 5 (1) (a) of the 
Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 
(No. 144), for countries which have ratified this Convention. The results of the 
consultation should be reflected in the governments* replies. 
W 
PROPOSED TEXTS 
Proposed Convention 
Article I 
Subparagraphs (c) and (d) (of Point 6 of the Conclusions adopted by the 
Conference;: the terms "major hazard installation" and "threshold quantity" 
are defined without reference to a specific, limited physical area where the said 
quantity of the hazardous substance is retained. This could create a legal prob­
lem since an entire country might be construed as a major hazard installation. 
The Office would suggest the following formulation for thi definition of 
"threshold Quantity": « 
The texts of a proposed Convention and Recommendation concerning the 
prevention of major industrial accidents are given below. These texts are based 
on the Conclusions adopted by the International Labour Conference following 
the first discussion at its 79th Session. 
In accordance with the practice established in 1988, the report of the Com­
mittee appointed by the Conference to consider this item is being coramuni-
* cated to member States in its entirely, together with the record of the discussion 
: m plenary session (see Provisional Record Nos. 24 and 30, attached). 
} Some drafting changes have been made to the Conclusions adopted by the 
Conference in the interest of greater clarity, to bring the various official lan-
j guages into line with one another or to harmonise certain provisions. The major 
changes are commented on below. 
The Office also wishes to draw the attention of member States to several 
legal problems that might arise in applying some of the provisions adopted dur­
ing the discussion at the 79th Session of the Conference. The Drafting Commit­
tee of the Committee on the Prevention of Industrial Disasters decided to limit 
- changes to these provisions to bringing the English and French versions of the 
} instruments into line with each other as it felt that its mandate did not empower 
j it to change the substantive provisions which had been agreed upon by the Con- $ 
j ference Committee. The Office therefore considers it particularly important to 
J mention these points so that Members can reflect on them as soon as possible 
-.j and submit their comments for inclusion in Report TV (2), which the Office is 
Â" required to prepare in accordance with article 39, paragraph 7, of the Standing 
'} Orders of the Conference. The Members' replies will also be very useful for the 
second discussion of the item by the Conference. 
The legal problems concern Articles 1, 19 and 20 of the proposed Conven­
tion and Paragraphs 3 and 4 of the proposed Recommendation. 
^ 
c Proposed texts 
the term "threshold quantity" means for a given hazardous substance or category of sub­
stances that quantity, prescribed in national laws or regulations by reference xo specific 
conditions, which if exceeded identifies a major Lazard installation 
The Office would also suggest inverting the order of subparagraphs (c) and (d). 
This would resolve the definition problem for "major hazard installation" as the 
two definitions are interrelated. 
Subparagraph (fj: the definition of the term "near-miss" was taken from a 
document published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel­
opment (OECD). It differs in wording from the corresponding parts of the defin­
ition of "major accident". The definition of "near-miss" is intended to refer to 
the same sort of event, which was, however, stopped in time. To achieve the 
alignment of these two definitions, the Office suggests the following formula­
tion: 
Lhe term "near-miss" means an unexpected, sudden occurrence involving one or more 
hazardous substances, which but for the mitigating effects of safety systems or procedures 
would have constituted a major accident. 
Article 5 
Article 5, paragraph 1 (based on Point 1Û (1) of the Conclusions), has been 
restructured for a better and simpler formulation without changing the sub­
stance of the text. 
Article 8 
The order of Articles 8 and 9 (corresponding to Points 14 and 13 respect­
ively) has been changed as notification is an action to be taken after identifica­
tion. The words "in the case of new installations" have been inserted after the 
word "operation" to make the requirement clear and the formulation has been 
harmonised with that of Article 10. 
Article 19 
Subparagraph (b) (of Point 24) has been reworded to bring the English text 
into line with the French. Subparagraph (e) has ueen incorporated into subpara­
graph (d) since the two provisions are closely related. 
The term "control" has been used in conjunction with the words "major 
aeddent prevention" in subparagraph (c) as well as in Article 20 and Paragraph 
4 of the proposed Recommendation. What was intended by the introduction of 
this term was to coverall the steps of procedures designed to keep under control 
any development likely to lead to a major accident. The current use of the term 
"control", however, does not convey this intention clearly but rather overlaps 
with emergency procedures. 
The Office would therefore suggest introducing the phrase "the prevention 
of major accidents and the control of developments likely to lead to a major 
accident". Subparagraph (c) would consequently read: "be regularly instructed 
and trained in the practices and procedures for the prevention of major acci­
dents and the control of developments likely to lead to a major accident and in 
the emergency procedures to be followed in the event of a major accident". 
Ab 
Prevention of major industrial accidents 
Article 20 
See the comment on .Article 19 above. 
Proposed Recommendation 
Paragraph 3 
In response to the question in Report V (1) as to whether the Recommenda­
tion should, provide that the national laws or regulations to give effect to the 
policy for the prevention of industrial disasters, provided for in the Convention, 
"be based, as far as possible", on the ILO Code of practice on the prevention of 
major industrial accidents, the publication of which was approved by the Gov­
erning Body of the ILO in November 1990, all replies but one were in the affir­
mative. Paragraph 3 of the proposed Recommendation (which corresponds to 
Point 29 of the Conclusions) retains this provision with the words "be based" 
replaced by the words "be guided" in response to the replies received, and as 
amended by the Committee. The amendments introduced replace the words "as 
far as possible" by the words "as appropriate" and add further wording to make 
reference to versions of the Code of Practice "reviewed, revised and up&ited in 
accordance with ILO practice". This reference to "reviewed, revised and up­
dated" versions of the Code of Practice raises serious problems of principle as it 
would mean, in effect, that the guidance to be followed in accordance with the 
Recommendation can be revised without involving the Conference, since the 
procedure for revising such a code would be through a meeting of experts. The 
Employers' Vice-Chairman of the Committee, speaking in the plenary of the 
Conference (Provisional Record No, 30, 1992, p. 30/10), observed that "Refer­
ence to a revised or updated code, the text of which is not yet known, is imprac­
tical". The Workers' Vice-Chairman of the Committee, likewise addressing the 
plenary of the Conference, believed that it would be wise to expand the reference 
to the Code and to enumerate some of its pertinent points that could be incor­
porated in the Recommendation (Provisional Record, idem). It is also recalled 
that the Chairman of the Employers' group of the Conference made a statement 
(Provisional Record No. 30, pp. 30/12 and 13) wherein he stressed the impor­
tance that should be given to ILO Recommendations. 
As this matter will certainly need clarification at the next Conference dis­
cussion, the Office intends to prepare an alternative text which would extract 
appropriate provisions from the Code. Members are requested to indicate if they 
agree to this alternative: approach. If so, Members may wish to propose sever.:l 
provisions for inclusion. Members may also wish to consider whether, within 
the framework of this alternative, a reference to the Code of Practice in the 
preamble to the Recommendation is acceptable. However, should such an alter­
native approach be considered inappropriate, it would be necessary- at least to 
eliminate the reference to subsequent revisions so as to avoid the legal problems 
raised. 
Paragraph 4 
• See the comment on page 3 under Article 19 of the proposed Convention. 
Avi 
Proposed texts 
Proposed Convention concerning the Prevention of Maj'or Industrial 
Accidents 
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the Lnter-
#national Labour Office, and having met in its 80th Session on 2 June 
1993, and 
Noting the relevant international labour Conventions and Recommenda-
i lions and. in particular, the Occupational Safety and Health Convention 
i and Recommendation, 1981, and the Chemicals Convention and Re-
[ commendation, 1990, and stressing the need for a comprehensive and 
coherent approach, and 
Noting also the ILO Code of practice on the prevention of major indusi; ial 
accidents, published in 199L and 
Having regard to the need to ensure that all appropriate measures are taken 
to: 
(a) prevent major accidents; 
(b) minimise the risks of major accidents; 
(c) minimise the effects of such major accidents, and 
Considering the causes of such accidents including organisational errors, the 
human factor, component failures, deviation from normal operational 
conditions, outside interference and natural forces, and 
Having regard to the need for cooperation within the International Pro-
~ gramme on Chemical Safety between the International Labour Organisa-
V tion, the United Nations Environmental Programme and the World 
Health Organization, as well as with other relevant intergovernmental 
organisations, and 
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the 
prevention of major industrial accidents, which is the fourth item on the 
agenda of the session, and 
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an inter­
national Convention; 
adopts this day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and 
ninety-three the following Convention, which may be cited as the Prevention of 
Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993. 
PART I. DÉFINITIONS AND SCOPE 
Article 1 
1. For the purpose of this Convention — 
(a) the term "hazardous substance" means a substance or mixture which by 
virtue of chemical, physical or toxicologies! properties, either singly or in 
combination, constitutes a hazard: 
•.•••VZQZ, 
Prevention oj major uiu. 
fbj the term "major accident" means an unexpected, sudden occurrence — such 
as a major emission, fire or explosion — in the course of an activity within a 
major hazard installation, involving one or more hazardous substances and 
leading to a serious danger to workers, the public or the environment, wheth­
er immediate or delayed; 
(cj the term "major hazard installation" means one which processes, produces, 
disposes of, handles, uses or stores, either permanently or temporarily, one 
or more hazardous substances or categories of substances m quantities 
which exceed the threshold quantity;l 
fdj the term "threshold quantity" means that quantity, prescribed in national 
laws or regulations, of a hazardous substance or categories of substances, 
which if exceeded identifies a major hazard installation; ' 
(e) the term "safety report" means a written presentation of the technical, man­
agement and operational information covering the hazards of a major 
hazard installation and their control and providing justification for the 
measures taken for the safety of the installation; 
(j) the term "near-miss" means any unplanned, sudden event involving one or 
more hazardous substances, which but for the mitigating effects of safety 
systems or procedures could have caused serious injury to workers or the 
public, or serious damage to plant equipment or the environment, or could 
have involved a loss of containment possibly giving rise to significant 
adverse effects. 
Article 2 
1. The Convention does not apply to — 
(a) nuclear installations and plants processing radioactive substances except for 
facilities handling non-radioactive substances at these installations; 
(b) military installations; 
(c) transport outside the site of an installation other than by pipeline. 
2. A Member ratifying this Convention may, after consulting the representa­
tive organisations of employers and workers concerned and other interested 
parties who may be affected, exclude from the application of the Convention 
installations or branches of economic activity for which equivalent protection is 
provided. 
Article 3 
Where spectal problems of a substantial nature arise so that it is not imme­
diately possible to implement all the preventive and protective measures pro­
vided for in the Convention, a Member shall draw up plans, in consultation with 
the most representative organisations of employers and workers, for the prog­
ressive implementation of the said measures within a fixed time-frame. 
Sc« Office comment on pp 7 and 3. 
Ab 
rraposea texts. 
PART IL GENERAL PRINCIPLES 
Article 4 
L In the fight of national laws and regulations, conditions and practices, and 
m consultation with the most representative organisations of employers and 
\ workers and with other interested parties who may be affected, each Member 
shall formulate, implement and periodically review a coherent national policy 
concerning the protection of workers against the risk of major accidents, taking 
account of their effects on the public and the environment. 
2. This policy shall be implemented through preventive and protective meas­
ures for major hazard installations and, where practicable, shall promote the use 
of the best available safety technologies. 
Article 5 
1. The competent authority, or a body approved or recognised, by the com­
petent authority, shall, after consulting the most representative organisations of 
employers and workers, draw up a system for the identification of major hazard 
installations as defined in. Article 1(c), based on a list of hazardous substances or 
categories of hazardous substances or both, together with their respective 
threshold quantities, in accordance with national laws and regulations or 
international standards.1 
2. The system mentioned in paragraph 1 above shall be regularly reviewed 
and updated. 
Article 6 
The competent authority, after.consulting the representative organisations 
of employers and workers concerned, shall make special provision to protect 
confidential information transmitted or made available to it in accordance with 
Articles 8, II, 13 or 14, whose disclosure to a competitor would be liable to 
cause harm to an employer's business, so long as this provision does not lead to 
senous risk to the workers, the public or the environment. 
PART III. RESPONSIBILITIES Of EMPLOYERS 
IDENTIFICATION 
Article 7 
Employers shall identify any major hazard installation within their control 
on the basis of the system referred to ia Article 5. 
1 See Office comment on p. 3. 
Af 
rreventian a; major inausinii acciaenis 
NOTIFICATION 
Article 8 
Employers shall notify the competent authority of any major hazard installa­
tion which they have identified either within a fixed time-frame for existing 
installations or before it is put into operation in the case of new installations.1 
ARRANGEMENTS AT THE LEVEL OF THE INSTALLATION 
Article 9 
In respect of each major hazard installation employers shall establish and 
maintain a documented system of major hazard control which includes provi­
sion for — 
(a) the identification and analysis of hazards and the assessment of risks includ­
ing consideration of possible interactions between substances; 
(b) technical measures, including design, construction, choice of chemicals, 
operation, maintenance and systematic inspection of the installa non; 
(c) organisational measures, including training and instruction of personnel, the 
provision of equipment in order to ensure their safety, staffing levels, hours 
of work, definition of responsibilities, and controls on independent contrac­
tors and temporary workers on the site: 
(d) emergency plans and procedures, including — 
(i) the preparation of effective site emergency plans and procedures to be 
applied in the case of major accidents or threat thereof, with periodic 
testing and evaluation of the effectiveness of such site emergency plans ç 
and procedures and revision as necessary; 
(ii) the provision of information on potential accidents and site emergency 
plans to authorities and bodies responsible for the preparation of emer­
gency plans and procedures for the protection of the public and the 
environment outside the site of the installation; 
(iii) any necessary consultation with such authorities and bodies; 
(e) measures to limit the consequences of a major accident; 
(f) consultation with workers and their representatives. 
SAFETY REPORT 
Article 10 
1. Employers shall prepare a safety report based on the requirements of 
Article 9. 
2. The report shall be prepared — 
(a) m the case of existing major hazard installations, within such a period after 
notification as is prescribed by national laws or regulations; 
(b) m the case of any new major hazard installation, before it is put into 
operation. 
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Proposed texts 
Article 11 
Employers shall transmit or make available to the competent authority the 
safety report refered to in Article 10. 
* Article 12 
Employers shall review, update and amend a safety report — 
(a) in the event of a modification, which has a significant influence on the leva 
of safety, in the installation or its processes or in the quantities of hazardous 
substances present; 
(b) when developments in technical knowledge or the assessment of hazards 
make this appropriate; 
(c) at such intervals as are prescribed by national laws or regulations; 
(d) at the request of the competent authority. 
ACCIDENT REPORTING 
Article 13 
Employers shall inform the competent authority and other bodies designated 
for this purpose as soon as a major accident occurs and make available to the 
competent authority the lessons, previously discussed with workers and their 
representatives, which have been drawn from near-misses. 
C Article 14 
1. Employers shall, within a fixed time-frame after a major accident, present 
a detailed report to the competent authority containing an analysis of the causes 
of the accident and describing any steps taken to mitigate its effects. 
2. The report shall include recommendations detailing steps to be taken to 
prevent a recurrence. 
PART TV. RjsMNsnnLrnES OF COMPETENT AUTHORITÎIS 
OFF-SITE EMEROENCY PREPAREDNESS 
Article 15 
Taking into account the information provided by the employer, the compe­
tent authority shall ensure that emergency plans and procedures containing pro­
visions for the protection of the public and the environment outside the site of 
each major hazard installation are established, updated at appropriate intervals 
and coordinated with the relevant authorities and bodies. 
Article 16 
The competent authority shall ensure that — 
(a) information on safety measures and the correct behaviour to adopt in the 
case of a major accident is disseminated to members of the public liable to 
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be affected by a major accident without their having to request it and that 
such information is updated and redisseminated at appropriate intervals: 
<bi warning is given as soon as possible in the case of a major accident; 
(c) cooperation and coordination arrangements are instituted among the States 
concerned where a major accident could have transboundary effects. 
SITING OF MAJOR HAZARD INSTALLATIONS 
Article 17 
The competent authority shall establish a comprehensive siting policy 
arranging for the appropriate separation of existing or proposed major hazard 
installations from working and residential areas and public facilities. Such a pol­
icy shall reflect the General Principles set out in Part II of the Convention. 
LNSPECTÏON 
Article 18 
The competent authority shall have properly qualified and trained staff with 
the appropriate skills, and sufficient technical and professional support, to 
inspect, investigate, assess, or advise on the matters dealt with in this Conven­
tion and to ensure compliance with national laws and regulations. 
PART V. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF WORKERS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 
Article 19 
The workers and their representatives at a major hazard installation shall be 
consulted through cooperative mechanisms in order to ensure a safe system of 
work. In particular, the workers and their representatives shall — 
fa) be adequately and suitably informed of the hazards associated with the 
major hazard installation and their likely consequences; 
(b) be consulted in the preparation of, and have access to, the following docu­
ments — 
(i) the safety report; 
(ii) emergency plans and procedures; 
(iii) accident reports; 
fc) be regularly instructed and trained in the practices and control procedures 
for major accident prevention and in the emergency procedures to be fol­
lowed m the event of a major accident: 
(d) within the scope of their job, and without being placed at any disadvantage, 
take corrective action and if necessary interrupt the activity where they have 
reasonable justification, based on their training and experience, to believe 
that there is an imminent danger of a major accident, and notify their super­
visor or raise the alarm, as appropriate, before or as soon as possible after 
taking such action.1 » 
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r Article 20 
Workers employed at the site of a major hazard installation shall — 
(a) comply with ail practices and procedures relating to the prevention and con­
trol of major accidents within the major hazard installation; 
(b) comply with all emergency procedures should a major accident occur.1 
PART VI. RISPONSUMUTY OF EXPORTING STATES 
Article 21 
When, in an exporting member State, all or some uses of hazardous sub­
stances, technologies or processes are prohibited for reasons of safety, this fact 
and the reasons for it shall be communicated by the exporting member State to 
any importing country. 
Proposed Recommendation concerning the Prevention of Major Industrial 
Accidents 
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 
Having convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International 
Labour Office, and having met in its 80th Session on 2 June 1993, and 
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the 
prevention of major industrial accidents, which is the fourth item on the 
agenda of the session, and 
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommen­
dation supplementing the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents 
Convention, 1993; 
adopts this day of JiUv of the year one thousand nine hundred and 
ninety-three the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Preven­
tion of Major Industrial Accidents Recommendation, 1993. 
1. The provisions of this Recommendation should be applied in conjunction 
with those of the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993 
(hereafter referred to as "the Convention"). 
2. (1) The International Labour Organisation, in cooperation with the other 
relevant international intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, 
should arrange for an international exchange of information on — 
(a) major accidents; 
(b) lessons drawn from near-misses; 
(cj good safety practices in major hazard installations including safety manage­
ment and process safety; 
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i (d) technologies and processes that are prohibited for reasons of safety and 
health. 
(2) Members should, as far as possible, communicate information on the 
s matters listed in subparagraph (1) above to the International Labour Office. 
3. The national policy provided for in the Convention and the national laws 
•*. and regulations or other measures to implement it should, as appropriate, be 
guided by the FLO Code of practice on the prevention of major industrial acci-
' dents, published in 19 91 or as reviewed, revised and updated m accordance with 
; ILO practice.1 
4. In accordance with the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning 
Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, adopted by the Governing Body of 
the LLO, a national or multinational enterprise with more than one establish­
ment should provide safety measures relating to the prevention and control of, 
and protection against- major accidents, without discrimination, to the workers 
in all its establishments, regardless of the place or country in which they are 
situated.1 
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