HEALTH AND SAFETY
issue
impact
status
Existing Lifts
¤ August 2000 ¤
Safety measures and measures for the handicapped.
Current EU rules not binding on Member States (Commission Recommendation 95/216/EC of 8 June 1995, concerning improvement of safety of existing lifts).
Implementation not obligatory.
Healthy Buildings: EPF Comparative Study
¤ February 2000 ¤
EPF Managing Committee decision of October 1997 to undertake comparative study and recommendations to help get indoor environment integrated into Commission policy.
Confirmed as a top EPF priority at meeting of June 1998 in Helsinki.
EPF Comparative Study available.
Commission Directive Banning Chrysotile Asbestos (white asbestos)
¤ November 1999 ¤
Impact varies according to stage of construction.
For a Secretariat summary of impact on property owners and investors,
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New Lifts
¤ December 1995 ¤
Harmonisation of safety features.
Council Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995.
Implementation by 1 July 1997, but lifts already manufactured can be installed until 30 June 1999.
Model Work Site Health and Safety Plan and File
¤ June 1993 ¤
More detailed obligations for client, even for repair, maintenance.
Communication 260/93/6.
Implementation not obligatory.
Minimum Safety and Health Requirements at Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites
¤ June 1992 ¤
Creates obligations for client.
Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992.
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