{"id":457,"date":"2024-04-29T10:28:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T10:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-qsafety.azurewebsites.net\/?p=457"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:15:46","slug":"coordination-of-business-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qsafety.quironprevencion.com\/en\/blog\/la-coordinacion-de-actividades-empresariales\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Activities Coordination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Business Activities Coordination<\/strong> (CAE) is a process of collaboration and cooperation between companies operating in the same workplace,<\/strong> with the aim of guaranteeing the health and safety of the workers involved in these activities.<\/p>\n

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The coordination process involves communication and information exchange between the companies involved,<\/strong> in order to identify existing occupational risks, assess them and establish appropriate preventive and protective measures.<\/p>\n

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In order to establish the minimum provisions that the different employers who coincide in the same workplace must put into practice to prevent occupational hazards arising from the concurrence of business activities and, therefore, to ensure that this concurrence does not affect the health and safety of workers of the concurrent companies, the following is published in 2004 Royal Decree 171<\/em>The European Parliament and the Council, developing the Article 24 of Law 31\/1995<\/em>The Spanish Health and Safety at Work Act (Prevenci\u00f3n de Riesgos Laborales), on the coordination of business activities.<\/p>\n

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For the purposes of the provisions of this Royal Decree, the following definitions shall apply:<\/p>\n

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a) Workplace:<\/strong> any area, whether built-up or not, in which workers are required to remain or to which they have access by reason of their work.<\/p>\n

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(b) Employer owning the establishment:<\/strong> the person who has the capacity to make available and manage the workplace.<\/p>\n

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(c) Principal employer:<\/strong> an employer who contracts or subcontracts with others for the performance of works or services corresponding to his own activity and which are carried out at his own place of work.<\/p>\n

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Who must carry out the Coordination of Business Activities?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In Spain, the duty to cooperate in order to carry out the Coordination of Business Activities (CAE) affects all competing companies and self-employed persons.<\/strong> The Law on the Prevention of Occupational Risks establishes that it is the obligation of all companies involved in concurrent activities to ensure that there is adequate coordination to guarantee the health and safety of workers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this sense, all competing undertakings<\/strong> have a responsibility to participate in the coordination process, exchanging relevant information, assessing occupational risks and establishing appropriate preventive measures.<\/strong> Coordination can be carried out by the main employer, who is the one who has the ability to control the workplace, and who hires other companies to carry out certain tasks. However, all competing companies have an obligation to actively collaborate in coordination, regardless of whether they are the principal employer or a contractor company.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Coordination of business activities<\/strong> for the prevention of occupational risks shall ensure that the following objectives are met:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(a) Consistent and responsible application of the principles of preventive action<\/strong> set out in the Article 15 of Law 31\/1995 of 8 November 1995,<\/em> Prevention of Occupational Risks, by the concurrent companies in the work centre.<\/p>\n

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(b) The correct application of working methods by competing undertakings<\/strong> in the workplace.<\/p>\n

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c) The control of the interactions of the different activities carried out in the workplace,<\/strong> in particular where they may give rise to risks classified as serious or very serious or where activities are carried out in the workplace which are incompatible with each other in terms of their impact on the safety and health of workers.<\/p>\n

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d)\u00a0<\/strong> The appropriateness of the risks in the workplace<\/strong> which may affect workers of the competing undertakings and the measures implemented for their prevention.<\/p>\n

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When workers from two or more companies carry out activities in the same workplace, they must cooperate in the application of occupational risk prevention regulations. The duty to cooperate shall apply to all companies and self-employed workers concurrent in the workplace, whether or not there are legal relationships between them.<\/p>\n

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These companies must inform each other of the specific risks of the activities they carry out in the workplace that may affect the workers of the other companies operating in the workplace, in particular those that may be aggravated or modified by circumstances arising from the concurrence of activities.<\/p>\n

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The information shall be sufficient and shall be provided before the start of activities, when there is a change in concurrent activities relevant for preventive purposes and when an emergency situation has arisen.<\/p>\n

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The information shall be provided in writing when any of the undertakings generate risks classified as serious or very serious.<\/p>\n

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When, as a result of the risks of concurrent activities, an accident at work occurs, the employer shall inform the other employers present at the workplace of the accident.<\/p>\n

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Each employer must inform their respective workers of the risks arising from the concurrence of business activities in the same workplace.<\/p>\n

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In addition to complying with the above, the incumbent employer shall also take the following measures:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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