Legislation


Legislation

National laws and regulations / General scope


Ordinance No. 1532/2008 of December 29
Approves the Technical Regulation of Fire Safety in Buildings (SCIE).
Regulates the use of safety signs, namely:
> Materials ("rigid photoluminescent material").
> Dimensions and formats.
> Installation and types of signal attachment (depending on location).
> Adequacy of signs for different uses and types of risk of buildings.”

Decree-Law No. 220/2008 of November 12
Establishes the Legal Framework for Building Fire Safety (SCIE).”

Ordinance No. 1456-A / 95 of December 11
Regulates and defines the characteristics of safety signs according to Directive 92/58 /CEE (some pictograms, materials, shapes and colors).

Decree-Law No. 141/95 of June 14
Transposes to the Portuguese legal order the Directive 92/58/CEE.
Amended accordingly by Act No. 113/99 of August 3.

Law nº 102/2009 of November 14
Regulates the legal framework for promotion and prevention of safety and health at work, applying to all branches of activity.
Defines the emergency plan as a complement to safety signs.
Defines places of fixation, symbology and caption to use.
Defines some pictograms for security signs.
Defines colors and signals for the identification of pipes.


  • Enclosures of public spectacles and amusement

    [Regulatory Decree nº 34/95 of December 16

    Defines the signaling of all fire fighting equipment, escape routes and emergency plants.

  • Aquatic playgrounds and pools

    Regulatory Decree nº 5/97 of March 31

    Approves the regulation of the technical and safety conditions of the enclosures with aquatic diversions.

    Law nº 44/2004 of August 19

    Assistance in bathing places. Its objective is to guarantee safety on maritime, river and lake beaches.

    Defines requirements and safety instructions on water slides with a height greater than or equal to 2 meters.

  • Temporary or mobile shipyards

    Decree-Law no. 273/2003 of October 29

    Establishes the general rules of planning, organization and coordination to promote safety and health at temporary and mobile construction sites and workplaces.

    Ordinance No. 101/96 of April 3

    Indicates the signaling to be installed for emergency equipment, extinguishing, first aid, etc.

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  • Venues for shows and public entertainment

    Regulatory Decree No. 34/95 of December 16

  • Water playgrounds and pools

    Regulatory Decree No. 5/97 of March 31

  • Temporary or mobile shipyards

  • Road tunnels

    Directive 2004/54 / EC of 29 April

    Establishes the minimum requirements for safety signs for tunnels in the trans-European road network.

    Decree-Law No. 75/2006 of March 27

  • Mines

    Decree-Law No. 324/95 of November 29

    Transposes into the national legal order European Directives 92/91 / EEC and 92/104 / EEC on the minimum occupational safety and health requirements to be applied in the extractive industries by open or underground drilling.

    Decree-Law No. 162/90 of May 22

    General Regulations on Safety and Hygiene at Work in Mines and Quarries.

    Ordinance nº 198/96 of June 4

    Regulates the minimum safety and health requirements in the locations and posts of work of the extractive industries in the open or underground.

  • International Standards

     

    Defines the conditions and procedures for the testing of photoluminescent products as well as the method of signaling them.

    ISO 3864 Defines the shapes and colors of security signs.

    ISO 7010:2011 Defines graphic symbols, colors, and security signs.

    – Safety signs used in workplaces and public areas.

    ISO 16069:2004 Defines the “Safety Way Guidance System” and introduces the concept of signaling at ground level

    20712-1: 2008 Safety signs for supervised beaches (specifications for workplaces and public places)

    ISO 23601:2009 Establishes design principles for emergency plants.

  • road tunnels

    Directive 2004/54/EC of April 29

  • Mines

    Decree-Law No. 324/95 of November 29

  • International Standards