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What it regulates
Recognises preventive protection for self-employed workers and specifies duties when they share workplaces with or work for other businesses. It covers cooperation, information, oversight and the right to stop dangerous work.
Who it applies to
Self-employment covered by the Statute. This entry focuses on Article 8 and the twelfth additional provision, without extending to the full benefits, tax or incentive regime.
Key provisions
Public authorities promote prevention and training adapted to self-employment.
Article 8In shared workplaces or client premises, the cooperation, information and instruction duties in Article 24(1)–(2) of the OSH Prevention Act apply.
Article 8A company contracting work or services within its own activity at its workplaces must oversee the self-employed contractor’s preventive compliance under the statutory terms.
Article 8Where a company provides machinery or materials for work outside its premises, it assumes the information and safe-use duties referenced in Article 8(5).
Article 8A self-employed worker may stop work and leave where they consider there is a serious and imminent risk to life or health.
Article 8Provides for information and training programmes and participation by cross-sector associations in National Commission groups, with speaking rights but no vote and subject to the stated conditions.
Additional provision twelfthHistory and versions
Initial publication: 12/07/2007 · Initial entry into force: 12/10/2007
BOE-A-2007-13409Published on 12 July 2007 and effective from 12 October 2007. Article 8 retains its original wording in the consulted text. The twelfth additional provision was amended in 2015 and 2017; this history does not reproduce the many changes unrelated to OSH.
Royal Decree-Law 4/2015: reform of the twelfth additional provision on prevention programmes.
BOE-A-2015-3031Act 30/2015: changes to preventive information and training programmes.
BOE-A-2015-9734Act 31/2015: adds association participation in National Commission groups.
BOE-A-2015-9735Act 6/2017: new wording of the twelfth additional provision.
BOE-A-2017-12207Text versions of the selected OSH provisions
| Publication | Effective date | Official reference | Affected provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/07/2007 | 12/10/2007 | BOE-A-2007-13409 | Article 8, Additional provision twelfth |
| 23/03/2015 | 24/03/2015 | BOE-A-2015-3031 | Additional provision twelfth |
| 10/09/2015 | 11/09/2015 | BOE-A-2015-9734 | Additional provision twelfth |
| 25/10/2017 | 26/10/2017 | BOE-A-2017-12207 | Additional provision twelfth |
Transitional provisions and application notes
A self-employed person with employees retains their duties as an employer. Article 8 does not remove these duties or impose every employer duty identically on every self-employed person.
Article 8The general amendment published on 2 September 2026 affects Article 36; it does not establish a change to prevention Article 8. Dates for the Act as a whole and for individual provisions must be distinguished.
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Official BOE legal relationships
This record covers the history of the selected occupational safety and health provisions. The official analysis also provides the relationships affecting other subjects in the legislation.
Official BOE legal relationships
