# Council Directive 92/91/EEC of 3 November 1992 concerning the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral-extracting industries through drilling (eleventh 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) mineral-extracting industries through drilling shall mean all the industries practising:
extraction, in the strict sense of the word, of minerals through drilling by boreholes, and/or
prospection with a view to such extraction, and/or
preparation of extracted materials for sale, excluding the activities of processing the materials extracted;
(b) workplace shall mean the whole area intended to house workstations, relating to the immediate and ancillary activities and installations of the mineral-extracting industries through drilling, including 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/1992/91/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1992-91/article-2
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