Legislative texts on OSH - Greece

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Greece

General safety, health and conditions of work [7]
Industries and occupations [1]
New technologies [1]
Chemical safety [1]
Fires, explosions and major hazards [3]
Mechanical hazards, transport [3]
Physiology, ergonomics [1]

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General safety, health and conditions of work

Presidential Decree No.95 of 14 May 1999 concerning the conditions for the establishment and operation of Safety and Health Services [1999, CIS 00-1506]

Decree concerning measures for the improvement of the safety and health of workers at work, in conformity with Directives 89/391/EEC and 91/383/EEC [1996, CIS 96-1175]

Presidential decree concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace, in conformity with Directive 89/656/EEC [1994, CIS 96-6]

Presidential decree concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers, in conformity with Directive 89/655/EEC [1994, CIS 96-5]

Manual of occupational health and safety legislation [1994, CIS 95-1934]

Adaptation into Greek legislation of Council Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 Dec. 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment [1993, CIS 96-1176]

Law No. 1568 on Health and Safety at Work [1985, CIS 95-1922]

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Industries and occupations

Presidential Decree 190 - Occupational health and safety in shipyard work [1984, CIS 85-2018]

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New technologies

Presidential decree concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for work with display screen equipment, in conformity with Directive 90/270/EEC [1994, CIS 96-11]

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Chemical safety

Decree concerning the protection of workers exposed to carcinogenic substances in the workplace, in conformity with Directive 90/394/EEC [1994, CIS 96-401]

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Fires, explosions and major hazards

Presidential decree (15 Nov. 1996) regulating the transportation by sea of dangerous substances as well as their loading, unloading, transportation and storage in harbours [1996, CIS 97-1078]

Decision on the measures to take on fire protection in industrial enterprises and their warehouses, as well as in warehouses where inflammable and explosive substances are stored [1988, CIS 96-1199]

Presidential decree concerning the regulation of fire protection in buildings [1988, CIS 96-1198]

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Mechanical hazards, transport

Decree concerning the modification of Presidential Decree 377/1993 relative to machinery, in conformity with Directives 93/44/EEC and 93/68/EEC [1996, CIS 96-1210]

Recognition of the possibility of the undertaking by businesses of the inspection of pressure vessels and gas containers; Decree concerning the regulation of the safe construction and circulation of pressure vessels and gas cylinders [1993, CIS 96-1209]

Adaptation into Greek legislation of Council Directives 89/392/EEC and 91/386/EEC relating to machinery [1993, CIS 96-1208]

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Physiology, ergonomics

Presidential decree concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers, in conformity with Directive 90/269/EEC [1994, CIS 96-20]

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Updated by AS. Approved by GS. Last update: 16.03.2007.