Evaluation of the implementation of the use of work equipment directive and the amending directive to the use of work equipment directive in the UK

"This report summarises the evaluation of the implementation of the Amending Directive (95/63/EC) to the Use of Work Equipment Directive (89/655/EEC) (AUWED) in the UK, as enacted in the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER 98) and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equip...

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Main Authors: Wright, Michael, Marsden, Sara, Hopkins, Carol, Collier, David
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Sudbury 2003
HSE Books
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19296488124910146609-evaluation-of-the-implementati.htm
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Summary:"This report summarises the evaluation of the implementation of the Amending Directive (95/63/EC) to the Use of Work Equipment Directive (89/655/EEC) (AUWED) in the UK, as enacted in the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER 98) and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER). The evaluation describes how organisations responded to the regulations, the costs and benefits, compliance problems and difficulties, and areas of improvement in the regulations and Approved Codes of Practice (ACoPs). It concludes that there is a reasonable level of awareness and compliance with the regulations."
Physical Description:132 p.
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