Case C-224/09: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 October 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Bolzano — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Martha Nussbaumer (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 92/57/EEC — Implementation of minimum safety and health requirements on temporary and mobile construction sites — Article 3 — Requirement to appoint a coordinator for safety and health matters and draw up a safety and health plan)
Date: 2010-10-07
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: building industry, building permit, construction equipment, interpretation of the law, liability, public works








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4.12.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 328/8





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 October 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Bolzano — Italy) — Criminal proceedings against Martha Nussbaumer
(Case C-224/09) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 92/57/EEC - Implementation of minimum safety and health requirements on temporary and mobile construction sites - Article 3 - Requirement to appoint a coordinator for safety and health matters and draw up a safety and health plan)
2010/C 328/11
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale di Bolzano

Party in the main proceedings

Martha Nussbaumer

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunale di Bolzano — Interpretation of Article 3 of Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites (eighth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ 1992 L 245, p. 6) — Private works not subject to planning permission — Derogation from the requirement to appoint a coordinator for safety and health matters during the project preparation stage or during the execution of the works

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Article 3 of Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites (eighth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) must be interpreted as follows:






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Article 3(1) precludes national legislation under which, for private works not subject to planning permission on a construction site on which more than one contractor is to be present, it is possible to derogate from the requirement imposed on the client or project supervisor to appoint a coordinator for safety and health matters at the project preparation stage or, in any event, before the works commence;










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Article 3(2) precludes national legislation under which the requirement for the coordinator responsible for the execution stage of the works to draw up a safety and health plan is confined to the situation in which more than one contractor is engaged on a construction site involving private works that are not subject to that obligation and which does not use the particular risks such as those listed in Annex II to the directive as criteria for that requirement.










(1)  OJ C 205, 29.8.2009.