Asbestos - Apply for authorization for activities in the high-risk area

• Company with a registered business address in Berlin • Personnel and safety-related equipment • As a specialist company (Fachbetrieb), you need a qualified responsible person and at least two qualified supervisory persons. The duties of the supervisory person can also be performed by a qualified responsible person. You also need a sufficient number of employees with expertise in accordance with Annex I, No. 3.6. • As a specialist company, proof of technical equipment in accordance with TRGS 519 (Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances), Annex 8, is required. • There are no concerns regarding the reliability of the employer

• Application for authorization or extension for activities in the high-risk area Submit an informal written application by post or by email. The LAGetSi will send you the information sheet with the required application documents. • Naming of the responsible and supervisory persons with proof of qualification (Sachkunde, specialist expertise) • Proof of the specialist employees expected to be deployed (number of persons and names) • Current proof of medical check-ups (Vorsorge) of the employees expected to be deployed • Proof of suitable personal protective equipment • Proof of documentation of the risk assessment (Gefährdungsbeurteilung), briefings, etc. • Proof of safety-related equipment As a specialist firm (Fachbetrieb), you need the technical equipment in accordance with TRGS 519, Annex 8, depending on the authorization applied for. • As a rule, the State of Berlin requires its own set of "equipment"; the rest can also be "acquired" through rental agreements. Proof of maintenance and rental agreements is therefore also required. • Proof of fibre emissions from room air filtration systems and high-performance vacuum extraction devices in accordance with item 8.2, paragraph 2 of TRGS 519 is required, as well as the test results of air-technology systems in accordance with item 8.2, paragraph 7 of TRGS 519.

• €1,075.00 to €2,675.00: Approval of specialist companies (Fachbetriebe) • €267.00 to €535.00: Amendment or extension of the approval of specialist companies (Fachbetriebe)

TRGS 519 (Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances): Asbestos demolition, remediation, or maintenance work www.baua.de/DE/Angebote/Regelwerk/TRGS/pdf/TRGS-519.pdf?__bl • Gefahrstoffverordnung (GefStoffV, Hazardous Substances Ordinance) § 11a paragraph 3 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gefstoffv_2010/__11a.html • Gefahrstoffverordnung (GefStoffV) Annex I, number 3.4 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gefstoffv_2010/anhang_i.html • Arbeitsschutzgebührenordnung (ArbSchGebO, Occupational Safety Fee Ordinance) Annex Schedule of Fees - tariff item 71320, g) and h) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-ArbSchGebOBEV1Anlage • Allgemeines Sicherheits- und Ordnungsgesetz Berlin (ASOG, Berlin General Law on Public Safety and Order) Annex Catalogue of Responsibilities for Regulatory Tasks (ZustKatOrd) No. 24 paragraph 9 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-ASOGBE2006V59Anlage-Nr24

• Transition guide for the application of TRGS 519 (Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances No. 519) (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin [Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]) <https://www.baua.de/DE/Die-BAuA/Aufgaben/Geschaeftsfuehrung-von-Ausschuessen/AGS/pdf/Ueberleitungshilfe-TRGS-519.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=5> • Expertise for work with asbestos under the Gefahrstoffverordnung (Hazardous Substances Ordinance) / TRGS 519 (Landesamt für Arbeitsschutz, Gesundheitsschutz und technische Sicherheit [State Office for Occupational Safety, Health Protection and Technical Safety]) www.berlin.de/lagetsi/_assets/documents/infos/skasbest.pdf • Information on work with asbestos under the Gefahrstoffverordnung (Hazardous Substances Ordinance) / TRGS 519 (Landesamt für Arbeitsschutz, Gesundheitsschutz und technische Sicherheit) www.berlin.de/lagetsi/_assets/documents/taetigkeiten_mit_asb • Information for businesses on approval for work with asbestos in the high-risk area (Landesamt für Arbeitsschutz, Gesundheitsschutz und technische Sicherheit) www.berlin.de/lagetsi/_assets/documents/infos/info_zulassung