Article 2

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) · European Union

For the purpose of this Directive: 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; 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: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.