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Approval of companies to carry out demolition and renovation work on or in existing plants, buildings or vehicles containing weakly bound asbestos products (Annex I No. 2.4.2 Para. 4 Hazardous Substances Ordinance)

Service Description

According to Annex I No. 2.4.2 Para. 4 of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances, demolition and renovation work on or in existing plants, buildings or vehicles containing weakly bound asbestos products may only be carried out by companies that have been approved by the competent authority to carry out this work.

For this purpose, the contractor must provide evidence that he has the necessary personnel and safety equipment for the work.

Process flow

The written application must be submitted by a person authorized to represent the company. The application form is available for download here. For the postal processing of the application, the application, the forms and the necessary documents must be submitted in duplicate.

The application must contain at least information about

  • the legal form of the company,
  • the object of the enterprise,
  • the exact activity for which the license is requested, with references to the remediation methods applied,
  • the generally envisaged protective measures and waste treatment procedures,
  • the number of employees handling hazardous materials containing asbestos,
  • the personnel and safety equipment of the company (names and qualifications of the experts and the specialists for occupational safety, name of the company physician as well as a summary of the type and number of the existing or available safety-related devices and machines and the personal protection systems).
  • Procedural instruction for the operational provision of technical equipment in accordance with Annex 8 of TRGS 519.

Who should I contact?

Contact the locally competent regional inspectorate of Department 6 Occupational Health and Safety of the Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV).

For companies based abroad, the application must be submitted to the authority in whose area of supervision the company has a branch in the Federal Republic or in whose area of supervision the first activity within the Federal Republic of Germany is intended.

Requirements

Approval is granted to any company that can prove that it is suitable for asbestos demolition and renovation work in terms of personnel and safety.

Corresponding personnel and safety requirements are laid down in TRGS 519 "Asbestos, demolition, renovation or maintenance work" (as of January 2014).

Each company must have at least two permanently employed competent persons. According to this, the company must be staffed with at least one competent person in charge and his deputy as well as, in the case of extensive work, an equipment expert (it is possible for the person in charge or his deputy to take over the function). The number of additional remediation specialists must be specified.

Which documents are required?

The following documents are required with application processing:

  • Application, e.g. using the sample application forms
  • Copies of the certificates confirming the successful participation of the experts employed in the company in officially recognized expert training courses.
  • Procedural instructions for the operational provision of technical equipment in accordance with Annex 8 to TRGS 519
  • Proof of expertise for the technical equipment and respiratory protection equipment (proof of instruction from the equipment manufacturers)
  • Operating instructions according to § 14 GefStoffV and according to appendix 1.6 and 1.7 of TRGS 519
  • Sample work plans in accordance with Annex 1.4 and 1.5 of TRGS 519
  • Technical data sheets for the equipment used (No. 3 of the application)
  • Statement of the works council on the application
  • Confirmation of the first aider's participation in a first aid course
  • Current evidence of the obligatory precautionary measures carried out

What are the fees?

According to the Thuringian administrative cost regulations for the business area of the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family (ThürVwKostOMASGFF) of December 11, 2001, a framework fee of 280 to 1100 Euro is provided for the processing of applications in the administrative cost schedule for occupational health and safety, Part A, Lfd. No. 2.1.5 a framework fee of 280 to 1100 Euro is provided.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

none

The activities can be carried out only after the general approval of demolition and remediation works and notification of the specific works.

Processing duration

Processing after receipt of application

Legal basis

Annex I No. 2.4.2 Para. 4 Hazardous Substances Ordinance in conjunction with the Thuringian Ordinance on the Regulation of Responsibilities and the Transfer of Authorizations in the Field of Occupational Health and Safety, III. directory, Lfd. No. 1.10.1

Applications / forms

An appeal against the issued decision can be lodged with the TLV within one month of notification.

Appeal

Application for approval of companies to carry out demolition andRemediation work on or in existing installations, buildings or vehicles,containing weakly bound asbestos products (Annex I No. 2.4.2 Para. 4Ordinance on Hazardous Substances)

What else should I know?

The responsible regional inspectorate must be notified of the handling of hazardous materials containing asbestos immediately after demolition and renovation work on or in existing facilities, structures or vehicles containing weakly bound asbestos products has been approved, and no later than 7 days before the work begins.

Corresponding samples have also been posted in the Responsibility Finder. They correspond to Annexes 1.1 to 1.3 of TRGS 519.

Approval granted by a locally competent authority entitles a company to operate nationwide without the need for further approval.
The information on personnel and safety equipment refers to the company that intends to carry out the work applied for. Subsidiaries with their own personnel and safety equipment must submit a separate application accordingly.

If the applying company has no or insufficient safety equipment in accordance with the Appendix to Annex 2, the required equipment can also be rented or leased. Annex 3 must indicate which equipment is available in the company and which is rented or leased. As proof of the rental/leasing, a copy of the contract documents from which the mutual obligations can be taken are to be enclosed. The corresponding procedural instructions for keeping the technical equipment ready for operation must be enclosed.

Supporting institutions

Applications for approval must be submitted to the appropriate regional inspectorates within the scope of the designated local responsibilities. They can assist you with any questions that arise regarding the application process.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.

Technically approved by

Thuringian State Office for Consumer Protection (TLV)Department 6, Division 61

Professionally released on

01.07.2021

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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