Scope of legislation

The objective of Law 12/2003 is to organize employment relations, clarify the duties and rights of the parties to the employment agreement, and to ensure safety and health at the workplace. Book V of the Labour Code is devoted to occupational health and safety and ensuring the adequacy of the working environment. Book V - Vocational Safety and Health and Ensuring Labour Environment Security Part I - Definitions and Range of Application Part II - Work Sites, Installation and Licenses Part III - Ensuring Labour Environment Security Part IV - Social and Health Services Part V - Inspection in the Field of Vocational Safety and Health and Labour Environment Part VI - Regulating the Agencies for Vocational Safety and Health and Ensuring Labour Envieonment Security in the Establishments Part VII - Research and Studies Agencies and Consultative Agencies'

Responsible actors

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Regulatory market access conditions for the actor(s)

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Penalty by this legislation

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Exemption clauses

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Sub-federal legislation of states/counties

Hier erhalten Sie textbasierte Informationen E. g. by 2019 an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on governance of the Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS) has been signed by Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.

FTA/MRA status with EU

Hier finden Sie ein thematisch passendes Dokument in ATERIOS (Zugang nur mit erweiterter ATERIOS Lizenz) Has the country signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or a Mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with EU?

Authority

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Market surveillance authority

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Link/Reference to other reference document(s)

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Link/Reference to other reference document(s)

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Comment on the comparability to EU legislation

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Route to compliance

Formal and administrative requirements

Registration at related authority required?

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Local representative legally required?

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Equipment authorization (approval process)

Approval process (conformity assessment procedure)

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Conformance document(s) to show compliance to the authority

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Conformance document validity and renewal

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Which documents are required by an approval body?

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Is a factory inspection legally required

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Testing & Standards

Specific requirements for testing

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General information to the application of standards

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General information to the application of standards

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Is in-country testing legally required?

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Source for standards for conformity assessment

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National Standardisation Organisation

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Are national standards based on IEC/ISO standards?

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Acceptance of foreign test reports

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Regulatory labelling, markings and user information

Regulatory label (mandatory)

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Required information on the product and/or packaging

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User instruction requirements and specific compliance notes

Hier erhalten Sie textbasierte Informationen Form, sentence inside, simple text. E. g. FCC/ISED compliance information, SAR information, battery, environmental information like waste

Digital user documentation allowed?

Hier erhalten Sie textbasierte Informationen User instructions allowed by QR-Code/internet or digital medium or integrated in device with display? Safety instruction allowed by QR-Code or digital medium?

User instructions language(s)

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Warnings, symbols

Hier erhalten Sie textbasierte Informationen e. g. ANSI Z 535.4