Acts Regulating Safety of Equipment Specified
- Estonia
- 09/03/2008
- Raidla Lejins & Norcous
On 15 May 2008, the Riigikogu passed the Act Amending the Pressure Equipment Safety Act, Gaseous Fuel Safety Act, Machinery Safety Act, Lifts and Cableway Installations Safety Act and the Electrical Safety Act. These amendments eliminate problems that had emerged in the course of implementing the acts. The amendments specify the conditions for recognizing in Estonia the competence of supervisors of the use of the equipment and of persons in charge of the work, acquired or hired abroad. Undertakings coming from other EU member states may provide services in regulated fields in Estonia on a temporary basis without the need to hire a person in charge of the work from Estonia. Registration in the register of economic activities, however, is required. The procedure for assessment and attestation of the conformity of supervisors of the use of the equipment and of persons in charge of the work is changed as well. The amendments entered into force on 20 June 2008.
