Health & Safety Report 2015
HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2015
Figure 17: Key Milestones for Implementing the EU Offshore Safety Directive
Key Milestones
Deepwater Horizon/Macondo explosion, Gulf of Mexico European Commission publishes a report on Facing the Challenge of the Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Activities European Commission publishes draft Regulation to centralise control of offshore health and safety and environmental protection EU Safety Directive ratified by European Parliament after significant lobbying changes the proposed Regulation to a Directive
20 April 2010
October 2010
October 2011
May 2013
EU Offshore Safety Directive adopted
July 2013
Formal UK public consultation on the Directive
July to September 2014
EU Implementing Regulation published, which requires
October 2014
specific major accident related incidents to be reported
UK legislation to implement the EU Offshore Safety Directive comes into force
19 July 2015
Compliance deadline for non-production installations
July 2016
Compliance deadline for existing production
July 2018
installations (those that have accepted safety cases on or before 18 July 2013)
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