Safety Health

Classified establishments - 'commodo/incommodo'

Mines, pits and quarries

  • Law of 21 April 1810 concerning mines, pits and quarries and ministerial instructions of 3 August 1810;
  • Imperial decree of 3 January 1813 concerning the police regulations regarding the risk of accidents in mines;
  • Law of 14 October 1842 concerning mines, pits and quarries;
  • Law of 15 March 1870 on the oolithic iron ore deposits in the canton of Esch;
  • Law of 12 June 1874 on the rules for iron ore mines and pits;
  • Law of 30 April 1890 concerning the exploitation of mines, pits and quarries;
  • Law of 14 April 1890 regulating the payment of mining royalties due to the owner of the surface;
  • Law of 2 April 1892 concerning the redemption of the iron ore interest due to the owner of the surface;
  • Law of 10 May 1898 amending Article 11 of the Law of 21 April 1810 concerning mines, pits and quarries;
  • Law of 10 June 1898 concerning accidental damage to the surface property caused by exploitation operations of mines, pits and quarries;
  • Law of 6 December 1907 whose purpose is to grant the operators the right of occupation organised by Articles 7 to 16 of the Law of 12 June 1874 on the rules for iron ore mines and pits;
  •  Grand-Ducal Decree of 26 April 1930 concerning the exploitation of mines, pits and quarries (document currently not available;
  • Law of 29 August 1951 subjecting mining operations to a ministerial authorisation regime;
  • Grand-Ducal Decree of 5 November 1955 amending chapter B of the Grand-Ducal Decree of 26 April 1930 concerning the exploitation of mines, pits and quarries, and derogation from Article 1 of the Royal Grand-Ducal Decree of 17 June 1782 concerning the rules governing certain industrial establishments;
  • Law of 26 July 1975 amending the Law of 12 June 1874 on the rules for iron ore mines and pits;
  • Grand-Ducal Regulation of 13 August 1992 regarding electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in mines susceptible to firedamp;
  • Grand-Ducal Regulation of 30 April 1993 adapting to technical progress the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 13 August 1992 regarding electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in mines susceptible to firedamp;
  • Grand-Ducal Regulation of 20 April 1995 adapting to technical progress the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 13 August 1992 regarding electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in mines susceptible to firedamp;
  • Grand-Ducal Regulation of 15 December 1999 adapting to technical progress the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 13 August 1992 regarding electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in mines susceptible to firedamp;
  • Grand-Ducal Regulation of 21 March 2005 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres;

Requirements concerning safety and health of workers

Chemical products

SEVESO

Biological agents

Asbestos

  • Coordinated text of the amended Grand-Ducal Regulation of 15 July 1988 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work

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