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Protection
of Workers exposed to Biological Agents at work
(Last revised:
February 28, 2006
)
The regulation on workers protection shall apply to activities in which workers are or are potentially exposed to biological agents as a result of their work.
Biological agents shall be classified into four risk groups, according to their level of risk of infection to workers.
Prior to the use for the first time of group 2, 3 or 4 biological agents, employers shall notify the:
Administration de l'hygiène et de la médecine du travail - Administratie van de arbeidshygiëne
en -geneeskunde.
The administration controls the content of the notification and, if needed, can ask the Medical Inspection for doing control survey in the facility.
The legislation currently in force in Belgium is the Royal Decision of April 29, 1999 (Belgian Official Journal of 07.10.1999 - p. 37917) amending the Royal Decision of August 4, 1996 concerning the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (Belgian Official Journal of 01.10.1996 - p. 25285).
This decision implements European Directives 90/679/EEC, 93/88/EEC, 95/30/CE, 97/59/CE and 97/65/CE.
Directive 90/679/EEC has been repealed in September 2000 by Directive
2000/54/EC.
Competent Authority
Federal Public Service
Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue
General Service Humanisation of labour
Rue Ernest Blerot 1
B-1070 Brussels
Belgium
+32 (0)2 233 41 11
+32 (0)2 233 46 39
hut@meta.fgov.be
http://meta.fgov.be/pc/pcb/frcb06.htm
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