Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work Basic information CELEX number: 31989L0391Official Journal: JOL_1989_183_R_0001_004 Form: DirectiveProcedure number: --Languages: bg cs da de el en et fi fr hr hu it lv lt mt nl pl pt ro sk sl es sv Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: June 19, 1989 Entry into force - Date notif. Date of transposition: Modified by Corrected by: Modified by: All documents based on this document: Modifies Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022. JP v Ministre de la Transition écologique and Premier ministre. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directives 80/779/EEC, 85/203/EEC, 96/62/EC, 1999/30/EC and 2008/50/EC – Air quality – Limit values for microparticles (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – Exceeded – Air quality plans – Damage caused to an individual on account of deterioration of the air resulting from the exceedance of those limit values – Liability of the Member State concerned – Conditions for establishing that liability – Requirement that the rule of EU law infringed be intended to confer rights on the individuals who have been harmed – No such intention. Case C-61/21. Judgment of the Court of 3 October 2000. Sindicato de Médicos de Asistencia Pública (Simap) v Conselleria de Sanidad y Consumo de la Generalidad Valenciana. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la Comunidad Valenciana - Spain. Social policy - Protection of the safety and health of workers - Directives 89/391/EEC and 93/104/EC - Scope - Doctors in primary health care teams - Average period of work - Inclusion of time on call - Night workers and shift workers. Case C-303/98. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 4 May 2023. OP and Others v Glavna direktsia 'Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto' kam Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad - Kula. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Organisation of working time – Directive 2003/88/EC – Article 1(3) – Scope – Article 8 – Article 12 – Health and safety of night workers at work – Level of protection for night workers appropriate to the nature of their work – Directive 89/391/EEC – Article 2 – Public sector workers and private sector workers – Article 20 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Equal treatment. Joined Cases C-529/21 to C-536/21 and C-732/21 to C-738/21. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 November 2018. Sindicatul Familia Constanţa and Others v Direcţia Generală de Asistenţă Socială şi Protecţia Copilului Constanţa. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Organisation of working time — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 31 — Directive 2003/88/EC — Scope — Derogation — Article 1(3) — Directive 89/391/EEC — Article 2(2) — Work performed by foster parents. Case C-147/17. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 21 October 1999. Susanne Lewen v Lothar Denda. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Arbeitsgericht Gelsenkirchen - Germany. Equal pay for male and female workers - Entitlement to a Christmas bonus - Parental leave and maternity leave. Case C-333/97. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 13 February 2014. Terveys- ja sosiaalialan neuvottelujärjestö (TSN) ry v Terveyspalvelualan Liitto ry and Ylemmät Toimihenkilöt (YTN) ry v Teknologiateollisuus ry and Nokia Siemens Networks Oy. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the työtuomioistuin. Social policy — Directive 92/85/EEC — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding — Maternity leave − Maintenance of payment and/or entitlement to an adequate allowance − Directive 96/34/EC − Framework Agreement on parental leave − Individual right to parental leave on the grounds of the birth or adoption of a child − Working and remuneration conditions − National collective agreement — Female workers having taken maternity leave after interruption of a period of unpaid parental leave — Refusal to pay a salary during the maternity leave. Joined Cases C‑512/11 and C‑513/11. Order of the Court (Second Chamber) of 14 July 2005. Personalrat der Feuerwehr Hamburg v Leiter der Feuerwehr Hamburg. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesverwaltungsgericht - Germany. Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Social policy - Protection of workers’ health and safety - Directives 89/391/EEC and 93/104/EC - Scope - Operational crews of a public fire service - Inclusion - Conditions. Case C-52/04. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 19 September 2013. Marc Betriu Montull v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Social no 1 de Lleida. Social policy — Directive 92/85/EEC — Protection of the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding — Article 8 — Maternity leave — Directive 76/207/EEC — Equal treatment for male and female workers — Article 2(1) and (3) — Right to leave for employed mothers after the birth of a child — Possible use by an employed mother or an employed father — Non-employed mother who is not covered by a State social security scheme — No right to leave for employed father — Biological father and adoptive father — Principle of equal treatment. Case C‑5/12. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 October 2004. Bernhard Pfeiffer (C-397/01), Wilhelm Roith (C-398/01), Albert Süß (C-399/01), Michael Winter (C-400/01), Klaus Nestvogel (C-401/01), Roswitha Zeller (C-402/01) and Matthias Döbele (C-403/01) v Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, Kreisverband Waldshut eV. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Arbeitsgericht Lörrach - Germany. Social policy - Protection of the health and safety of workers - Directive 93/104/EC - Scope - Emergency workers in attendance in ambulances in the framework of an emergency service run by the German Red Cross - Definition of 'road transport' - Maximum weekly working time - Principle - Direct effect - Derogation - Conditions. Joined cases C-397/01 to C-403/01. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 21 March 2018. Dănuţ Podilă and Others v Societatea Naţională de Transport Feroviar de Călători „CFR Călători“ SA Bucureşti and Costel Nicuşor Mucea v SMDA Mureş Insolvency SPRL. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 89/391/EEC — Safety and health of workers at work — Classification of work places as places characterised by particular or special conditions — Assessment of the risks to safety and health at work — Employer’s obligations. Joined Cases C-133/17 and C-134/17. Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 July 2001. Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG) v Servicio Galego de Saúde (Sergas). Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Galicia - Spain. Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Social policy - Protection of the health and safety of workers - Directives 89/391/EEC and 93/104/EC - Scope - Primary care services personnel - Average period of work - Inclusion of time on call. Case C-241/99. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 September 2024. Criminal proceedings against MG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Braşov. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Protection of the safety and health of workers – Directive 89/391/EEC – General obligations relating to the protection of safety and health – Parallel national proceedings – Judgment of an administrative court having force of res judicata before the criminal court – Classification of an event as an ‘accident at work’ – Effectiveness of the protection of the rights guaranteed by Directive 89/391 – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to be heard – Disciplinary proceedings against a judge of an ordinary court in the event of failure to comply with a decision of a constitutional court that is contrary to EU law – Primacy of EU law. Case C-792/22. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 May 2019. Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v Deutsche Bank SAE. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Protection of the safety and health of workers — Organisation of working time — Article 31(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Directive 2003/88/EC — Articles 3 and 5 — Daily and weekly rest — Article 6 — Maximum weekly working time — Directive 89/391/EEC — Safety and health of workers at work — Requirement to set up a system enabling the duration of time worked each day by each worker to be measured. Case C-55/18. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 February 2018. Jessica Porras Guisado v Bankia SA and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Social policy — Directive 92/85/EEC — Measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding — Article 2(a) — Article 10(1) to (3) — Prohibition of dismissal of a worker during the period from the beginning of her pregnancy to the end of her maternity leave — Scope — Exceptional cases not connected with the pregnant worker’s condition — Directive 98/59/EC — Collective redundancies — Article 1(1)(a) — Reasons not related to the individual workers concerned — Pregnant worker dismissed in the context of a collective redundancy procedure — Reasons for the dismissal — Priority for retention of the post of the pregnant worker — Priority for redeployment. Case C-103/16. Case C-219/24, Tallinna linn: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Riigikohus (Estonia) lodged on 22 March 2024 – A and Others v Tallinna linn article 6 paragraph 1 article 9 paragraph 1 point (a) article 6 paragraph 2 point (a) article 9 paragraph 1 point (b) article 1 paragraph 3 article 6 paragraph 2 point (g) Case C-211/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Miskolci Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Hungary) lodged on 6 March 2019 — UO v Készenléti Rendőrség article 2 paragraph 2 article 2 Joined Cases C-732/21, C-733/21, C-734/21, C-735/21, C-736/21, C-737/21 and C-738/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad Kula (Bulgaria) lodged on 30 November 2021 — AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, FG and GH v Glavna direktsia ‘Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto’ kam Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti article 2 article 2 paragraph 2 Joined Cases C-529/21, C-530/21, C-531/21, C-532/21, C-533/21, C-534/21, C-535/21 and С-536/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rayonen sad — Kula (Bulgaria) lodged on 25 August 2021 — OP, MN, KL, IJ, GH, EF, CD and AB v Glavna direktsia ‘Pozharna bezopasnost i zashtita na naselenieto’ kam Ministerstvo na vatreshnite raboti article 2 paragraph 2 article 2 Case C-134/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 14 March 2017 — Costel Nicușor Mucea v SC Industria Sârmei SA Câmpia Turzii, acting through the receiver SMDA Mureș Insolvency SRL Case C-133/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 14 March 2017 — Dănuț Podilă and Others v Societatea Națională de Transport Feroviar de Călători ‘CFR Călători’ SA București Case C-678/23, Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iaşi: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Iași (Romania) lodged on 14 November 2023 – JU v Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iași article 11 paragraph 6 article 9 Case C-55/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Nacional (Spain) lodged on 29 January 2018 — Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v Deutsche Bank SAE article 11 paragraph 3 article 16 paragraph 3 article 4 paragraph 1 Case C-373/24, Ramavić: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Općinski sud u Puli-Pola (Croatia) lodged on 24 May 2024 – NI v Republic of Croatia Case C-392/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Oradea (Romania) lodged on 29 June 2017 — Sindicatul Energia Oradea v SC Termoelectrica SA Case C-205/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Pitești (Romania) lodged on 20 March 2018 — Maria-Cristina Dospinescu, Filofteia-Camelia Ganea, Petre Sinca, Luminița-Maria Ioniță, Maria Burduv and Raluca-Marinela Trașcă v Spitalul Județean de Urgență Vâlcea Case C-792/22, Energotehnica: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Brașov (Romania) lodged on 23 December 2022 — Criminal proceedings against MG article 5 paragraph 1 article 1 paragraph 2 article 1 paragraph 1 Case C-147/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa (Romania) lodged on 23 March 2017 — Sindicatul Familia Constanța and Others v Direcția Generală de Asistență Socială și Protecția Copilului Constanța Case C-343/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep (Netherlands) lodged on 8 July 2015 — J. Klinkenberg v Minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu Case C-104/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal du travail de Nivelles (Belgium) lodged on 27 February 2020 — SD v Habitations sociales du Roman Païs SCRL, TE, acting as liquidator in the insolvency of Régie des Quartiers de Tubize ASBL article 4 paragraph 1 article 16 paragraph 3 article 11 paragraph 3 Legal basis TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 2: THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 149 undefined EuroVoc Vocabulary Social provisions Safety at work Occupational accident Humanisation of work Statistics Accident prevention Dissemination of information Approximation of laws Occupational health Worker participation