Minimum safety requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites (the "sites directive")

Legislative Decree 494 of 14 August 1996 implemented Directive 92/57/EEC on temporary or mobile construction sites, introducing the design-stage and execution-stage safety coordinators, the safety and coordination plan (PSC) and the preliminary notice. Published in Official Gazette No. 223 of 23 September 1996 (S.O. 156), in force from 24 September 1996, it was repealed by Legislative Decree 81/2008, which moved its framework into Title IV of the consolidated act. It is the rule that gave the Italian construction site its modern safety organization.

Public and private temporary or mobile construction sites, during its 1996–2008 validity.

• Introduced safety coordinators, the PSC plan and the preliminary notice.
• Implementation of Directive 92/57/EEC on construction sites.
• Repealed by Legislative Decree 81/2008: its framework now lives in Title IV of the consolidated act.