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Document ID (ISN)69075
CIS number 97-716
ISSN - Serial title Boletín Oficial del Estado
Year 1997
Convention or series no. Real Decreto 773/1997
Title Royal Decree 773 of 30 May 1997 concerning the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment [Spain]
Original title Real Decreto 773/1997, de 30 de mayo, sobre disposiciones mínimas de seguridad y salud relativas a la utilización por los trabajadores de equipos de protección individual [España] [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information 12 June 1997, No.140, p.18000-18017.
Abstract Transposition into Spanish law of European Directive 89/656/EEC (see CIS 90-385). Entry into force: 12 Aug. 1997. Contents: definition of the terms used; general obligations of the employer; criteria for the safe use of personal protective equipment (PPE); minimal characteristics of PPE; selection, use and maintenance of PPE; requirements concerning information, training, consultation and participation of workers; obligations of workers. Non-exhaustive guide lists of items of PPE as well as of sectors of activity which may require the provision of PPE are given in an appendix.
Descriptors (primary) personal protective equipment; Spain
Descriptors (secondary) law; list
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceSpain
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Personal protection