# Council Directive of 29 May 1990 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers (fourth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (90/269/EEC), Article 1: Subject

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. This Directive, which is the fourth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC, lays down minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers.
2. The provisions of Directive 89/391 /EEC shall be fully applicable to the whole sphere referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to more stringent and/or specific provisions contained in this Directive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1990/269/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1990-269/article-1
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