# Council Directive 92/104/EEC of 3 December 1992 on the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in surface and underground mineral-extracting industries (twelfth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), Article 2: Definitions

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

For the purpose of this Directive:
(a) surface and underground mineral-extracting industries shall mean all industries practising:
surface or underground extraction, in the strict sense of the word, of minerals, and/or
prospecting with a view to such extraction, and/or
preparation of extracted materials for sale, excluding the activities of processing the materials extracted,
excluding the mineral-extracting industries through drilling defined in Article 2 (a) of Directive 92/91/EEC;
(b) workplace shall mean the whole area intended to house workstations, relating to the immediate and ancillary activities and installations of the surface or underground mineral-extracting industries, including overburden dumps and other tips and accommodation, where provided, to which workers have access in the context of their work.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1992/104/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-104/article-2
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