Division 2 Community directives on laboratories

Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1).

Council Directive 90/679/EEC of 26 November 1990 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 374, 31.12.1990, p. 1).

If there is diagnostic done by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and cloning of PCR-products into a bacterial plasmid for propagation, for example, for the purpose of DNA-sequencing, the following Directive and European Norms (EN) apply in addition to those two Directives:

Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (OJ L 117, 8.5.1990, p. 1).