(DG JRC/IPTS) - agrilife - Europa

The project sponsor is the DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural
Affairs) Environment for Europe Fund, UK [17, 18, and 42].
OHSAS 18001:1999
In order to determine which labour protection requirements should be observed in
enterprise it is necessary to get acquainted with and to evaluate all legislative acts in the
field of labour protection. In this annex only the most important labour protection
legislative acts are listed, which more or less corresponds to all enterprises.
1. Labour Protection Law (adopted by the Saeima on 20 June 2001, coming
into force on 1 January 2002.);
2. Cabinet Regulations No.379 of 23 August 2001, Order of the Performance of
Internal Supervision of the Work Environment (Coming into force on 1
January 2002);
3. Cabinet Regulations No.539 of 27 December 2001, Regulations Concerning
Labour Protection Requirements when Working with Carcinogens
Substances at Workplaces Order of the Performance of internal supervision
of the work environment (Coming into force on 1 January 2002);
4. Cabinet Regulation No. 153 of 3 April 2001, Regulations on Protection of
Safety and Health at Work when Working with a Display Screen and Setting
up a Workstation (Coming into force on 1 June 2001);
5. Cabinet Regulation No. 72 of 13 February 2001, Requirements for Safety
and Health protection at Work in Working with Chemical Substances and
Chemical Products in the Workplace (Coming into force on 1 April 2001);
6. Cabinet Regulation No. 318 of 19 September 2000, On the Requirements
Regarding the Organising of Work Safety and Health Protection and the
Equipping of Workplaces at Construction Sites (Coming into force on 1
August 2001);
7. Cabinet Regulation No. 159 of 25 April 2000, Use of Personal Protective
Equipment at Work (Coming into force on 1 January 2001);
8. Cabinet Regulation No. 44 of 8 February 2000, Minimum Requirements for
Safety at Work and Protection of Health when Using Work Equipment
(Coming into force on 1 July 2000);
9. Cabinet Regulation No. 270 of 3 August 1999, Regulations regarding Work
Safety and Health Protection Requirements when Moving Heavy Loads
(Coming into force on 1 January 2001);
10. Cabinet Regulation No. 470 of 22 December 1998, Procedures for the
Investigation and Registration of Accidents at Work (Coming into force on 1
January 1999);
11. Cabinet Regulation No, 318 of 25 August 1998, Requirements for Use of
Safety Signs in Workplaces (Coming into force on 1 January 1999);
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