General provisions

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1. General provisions

1.1. Objectives

1.1.1. The objectives of this code are –

(a) to ensure the appropriate design, proper installation and safe operation and use of

new equipment, processes, projects and related products being transferred to

developing countries;

(b) to provide the means of analysing, from the standpoint of safety and health and

conditions of work, existing technologies imported by developing countries and of

modifying them to remove the hazards discovered by the analyses;

(c) to provide guidance in the setting up of administrative, legal and educational

frameworks within which preventive and remedial measures can be implemented.

1.1.2. This code covers the following matters:

(a) the explanation of ways of dealing with safety and health problems associated with

the transfer of technology;

(b) the promotion of the principles of safety and health in the transfer of technology

through the creation of awareness among all concerned, by training, among other

things.

1.2. Application and uses

1.2.1. This code addresses the safety and health aspects of the transfer of

technology and calls for attention to be paid to them by –

(a) technology designers;

(b) technology exporters;

(c) technology importers;

(d) technology licensors;

(e) the competent authorities with responsibility for safety and health and working

conditions with regard to imported technology;

(f) the contractors and subcontractors involved in installing and operating the

technology;

(g) technology users.

1.2.2. The methods of transferring technology covered by this code include the

following:

(a) the use of the services of experts;

(b) the supply of machinery and equipment directly or under a contract which

provides for the transfer of the technology, as well as the machinery and

equipment;

(c) the acquisition of a technology through a licence agreement so that patented

technology is made available to the developing country;

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