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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-58/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1992/58",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 92/58/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the minimum requirements for the provision of safety and/or health signs at work (ninth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-58",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Directive:\n(a) safety and/or health signs means signs referring to a specific object, activity or situation and providing information or instructions about safety and/or health at work by means of a signboard, a colour, an illuminated sign or acoustic signal, a verbal communication or a hand signal, as the case may be;\n(b) prohibition sign means a sign prohibiting behaviour likely to incur or cause danger;\n(c) warning sign means a sign giving warning of a hazard or danger;\n(d) mandatory sign means a sign prescribing specific behaviour;\n(e) emergency escape or first-aid sign means a sign giving information on emergency exits or first-aid or rescue facilities;\n(f) information sign means a sign providing information other than that referred to in (b) to (e);\n(g) signboard means a sign which provides specific information by a combination of a geometric shape, colours and a symbol or pictogram and which is rendered visible by lighting of sufficient intensity;\n(h) supplementary signboard means a signboard used together with one of the signs described under (g), which provides supplementary information;\n(i) safety colour means a colour to which a specific meaning is assigned;\n(j) Symbol or pictogram means a figure which describes a situation or prescribes specific behaviour and which is used on a signboard or illuminated surface;\n(k) illuminated sign means a sign produced by a device made of transparent or translucent materials which are illuminated from the inside or the rear in such a way as to give the appearance of a luminous surface;\n(l) acoustic signal means a coded sound signal which is released and transmitted by a device designed for that purpose, without the use of a human or artificial voice;\n(m) verbal communication means a predetermined spoken message communicated by a human or artificial voice;\n(n) hand signal a movement and/or position of the arms and/or hands, in coded form, for guiding persons who are carrying out manoeuvres which constitute a hazard or danger for workers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1992/58/article/2",
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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."
}