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Safety and/or health signs at work
Non-binding guidelines regarding Directive 92/58/EEC
Safety and/or health signs at work
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In December 2017, the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (ACSH) adopted its Opinion on the modernisation of six OSH directives to ensure healthier and safer work for all (1). In this document, the ACSH confirmed the need to update the six directives, including Directive 92/58/EEC, as identified by the European Commission in its Communication on safer and healthier work for all – modernisation of the EU occupational safety and health legislation and policy (2). The ACSH recommended that the Commission consider, among other things, clarifying the relationship between the directive and the current ISO standard, and that this could be accomplished by non-binding guidelines. On 30 May 2018, the ACSH set up a working party to prepare an opinion on non-binding guidelines to clarify certain issues regarding the practical application of Directive 92/58/EEC (3) and the interrelationship between Directive 92/58/EEC and ISO standards, in order to ensure a greater harmonisation of safety signs across the EU. With regard to this issue, the ACSH opinion states that, despite the existence of the international instruments on safety signs, the directive takes precedence over those instruments and is an important element of the common protective measures in place in the EU. On 5 November 2020, the working party finalised work on the draft guidelines and the draft opinion, which were subsequently adopted by the plenary of the ACSH on 10 December 2020. The guidelines consist of four parts. Section 1 describes certain legal aspects of the directive and explains the concept of minimum requirements. Section 2 describes in detail a selection of safety signs as laid down by the abovementioned directive and compares them with ISO signs. Annex I provides a list of references and/or practices for further reading. Finally, in Annex II, Table 1 presents different variations of relevant safety signs. It should be highlighted that the guidelines explain the minimum requirements as laid down by Directive 92/58/EEC, whereas Member States are allowed to maintain or adopt stricter requirements. In other words, a degree of freedom is left to Member States to decide which solutions are best in specific national situations, provided that the minimum requirements at EU level are met. Therefore, users in Members States are advised to first check national provisions which implement Directive 92/58/EEC in their national legal systems.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (European Commission)
- Themes: Workers' health and safety
- Subject: directive (EU) , EU Member State , European standard , health legislation , international standard , labour law , occupational health , occupational safety
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-43370-5 | DOI 10.2767/686887 | Catalogue number KE-07-21-069-EN-N |
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