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New Offshore Working Time Regulations will take effect in Germany on 1 August 2013

The new requirements apply to offshore workers in German waters, including the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The regulations will apply to personnel working on or from an offshore installation, including wind farms. So the changes will apply to technicians being transferred to wind turbines in the German sector. However,

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| Information Note number 1186

Changes to the UK Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)

From 1 October 2013, changes will be introduced to the UK Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) that are intended to simplify the mandatory reporting of workplace injuries for businesses, while ensuring that the data collected gives an accurate and useful picture of workplace incidents. The main

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| Information Note number 1185







Working under hyperbaric conditions in the Netherlands

IMCA has received the attached information from the National Diving Centre in the Netherlands about the changes in ‘working under hyperbaric conditions in the Netherlands’.  The note covers the new arrangements for personal certification of certain diving personnel to work in the Netherlands – both on a temporary basis (up

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| Information Note number 1175




Changes to diver medic training validity period

There is an IMCA requirement for at least one member of the dive team, who is not diving (other than the supervisor), to be trained in advanced first aid – generally referred to as a ‘diver medic’.  Diver medics usually attend an initial full diver medic training course and then

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| Information Note number 1167






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