CELEX: 51989PC0521
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-12
Title: RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE MINIMUM SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF WORK EQUIPMENT BY WORKERS AT WORK

N o C 287/12                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                     15. 11. 89
             Re-examined proposal for a Council Directive concerning the minimum safety and health
                          requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (')
                                            COM(89) 521 final — SYN 125
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d) of the EEC Treaty on 18 October
                                                                1989)
                                                            (89/C 287/09)
             O OJ No C 106, 26. 4. 1989, p. 13.
                                                                      REVISED COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS BY
                                                                      THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AT THE SECOND READING ON 13
             COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL                                                  SEPTEMBER 1989
                                        G r o u n d s and recitals u n c h a n g e d
                                             A r t i c l e s 1 to 3 u n c h a n g e d
Article 4, paragraph 1 (b)                                            Replaced by:
                                                                      (b) Work equipment which, if already provided to
                                                                           workers in the undertaking and/or establishment by
                                                                           31 December 1992, complies with the minimum
                                                                           requirements laid down in the Annex no later than
                                                                           two years after that date.
Article 4, paragraph 2                                                Add:
                                                                      In selecting the work equipment which he proposes to
                                                                      use, the employer shall pay particular attention to the
                                                                      hazards this equipment presents to the safety and health
                                                                      of the workers, taking into account the specific charac-
                                                                      teristics and the working conditions of the undertaking.
                                          A r t i c l e s 5, 6 a n d 7 u n c h a n g e d
Article 8, paragraph 1                                                Replaced by:
                                                                      1.     The employer shall inform the workers and/or
                                                                      their representatives of all measures to be taken with
                                                                      regard to safety and health in the use of work
                                                                      equipment; he shall consult them and allow their partici-
                                                                      pation in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of Directive
                                                                      89/391/EEC and on the basis of the provisions of in the
                                                                      Annex.