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  "legislation": "eudr/1989/654",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (first individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (89/654/EEC)",
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  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject",
  "text": "1. This Directive, which is the first individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC, lays down minimum requirements for safety and health at the workplace, as defined in Article 2.\n2. This Directive shall not apply to:\n(a) means of transport used outside the undertaking and / or the establishment, or workplaces inside means of transport;\n(b) temporary or mobile work sites;\n(c) extractive industries;\n(d) fishing boats;\n(e) fields, woods and other land forming part of an agricultural or forestry undertaking but situated away from the undertaking's buildings.\n3. The provisions of Directive 89/391 /EEC are fully applicable to the whole scope referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to more stringent and/or specific provisions contained in this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 89/654/EEC of 30 November 1989 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the workplace (first individual Directivewithin the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 393 of 30 December 1989)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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