MIGHT RESULT FROM CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AND WITH THE LIMITATION OF THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT . IT IS DIRECTED IN PARTICULAR TOWARDS THE APPROXIMATION OF THE MEASURES TAKEN BY MEMBER STATES IN THIS FIELD .
2 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DIRECTIVE :
( A ) INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY MEANS :
- ANY OPERATION CARRIED OUT IN AN INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATION REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I INVOLVING , OR POSSIBLY INVOLVING , ONE OR MORE DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND CAPABLE OF PRESENTING MAJOR-ACCIDENT HAZARDS , AND ALSO TRANSPORT CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR INTERNAL REASONS AND THE STORAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OPERATION WITHIN THE ESTABLISHMENT ,
- ANY OTHER STORAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN ANNEX II ;
( B ) MANUFACTURER MEANS :
- ANY PERSON IN CHARGE OF AN INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY ;
( C ) MAJOR ACCIDENT MEANS :
- AN OCCURRENCE SUCH AS A MAJOR EMISSION , FIRE OR EXPLOSION RESULTING FROM UNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COURSE OF AN INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY , LEADING TO A SERIOUS DANGER TO MAN , IMMEDIATE OR DELAYED , INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT , AND/OR TO THE ENVIRONMENT , AND INVOLVING ONE OR MORE DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ;
( D ) DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES MEANS :
- FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLES 3 AND 4 , SUBSTANCES GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO FULFIL THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ANNEX IV ,
- FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 5 , SUBSTANCES IN THE LISTS IN ANNEX III AND ANNEX II IN THE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND COLUMN .
ARTICLE 2
THIS DIRECTIVE DOES NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING :
1 . NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS AND PLANT FOR THE PROCESSING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND MATERIAL ;
2 . MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ;
3 . THE MANUFACTURE AND SEPARATE STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES , GUNPOWDER AND MUNITIONS ;
4 . EXTRACTION AND OTHER MINING OPERATIONS ;
5 . INSTALLATIONS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF TOXIC AND DANGEROUS WASTE WHICH ARE COVERED BY COMMUNITY ACTS IN SO FAR AS THE PURPOSE OF THOSE ACTS IS THE PREVENTION OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS .
ARTICLE 3
MEMBER STATES SHALL ADOPT THE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT , IN THE CASE OF ANY OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 , THE MANUFACTURER IS OBLIGED TO TAKE ALL THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO PREVENT MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND TO LIMIT THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT .
ARTICLE 4
MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ALL MANUFACTURERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVE TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY AT ANY TIME , FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CONTROLS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) , THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED EXISTING MAJOR-ACCIDENT HAZARDS , ADOPTED THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES , AND PROVIDED THE PERSONS WORKING ON THE SITE WITH INFORMATION , TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY .
ARTICLE 5
1 . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ARTICLE 4 , MEMBER STATES SHALL INTRODUCE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO REQUIRE THE MANUFACTURER TO NOTIFY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES SPECIFIED IN