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Directive 1999/92/EC Minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres
Publication Year
1999
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Minimum requirements for the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from flammable substances such as gases, vapours, mists or dusts under atmospheric conditions where, once ignited, combustion spreads to the unburned mixture in air.
Document History
Also known as ATEX 137 or the ATEX Workplace Directive.
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