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Redraft of the Decree on Operational Safety (BetrSichV) and amendments to the Decree on Dangerous Substances (GefStoffV) [DE]
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The decree “on the reorganisation of occupational health and safety requirements for the use of work equipement and hazardous substances”…
The decree “on the reorganisation of occupational health and safety requirements for the use of work equipement and hazardous substances” of 3 February 2015 (“Verordnung zur Neuregelung der Anforderungen an den Arbeitsschutz bei der Verwendung von Arbeitsmitteln und Gefahrstoffen“) was notified on February 6, 2015 through publication in the Federal Law Gazette ‘Bundesgesetzblatt’.Reorganisation of occupational health and safety requirements
- Article 1 contains a redraft of the Decree on Operational Safety (Betriebssicherheitsverordnung – BetrSichV) which will replace the version of 27 September 2002, as amended.
- Article 2 contains amendments of the decree on dangerous substances (Gefahrstoffverordnung – GefStoffV) of 26 November 2010. The introduced text and amendments enter into effect on 1 June 2015.