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What it regulates
Approves the Social Security occupational disease schedule and distinguishes it from a supplementary list of diseases suspected of occupational origin. It allocates classification, communication and reporting roles to managing or cooperating institutions, medical practitioners and employers. Its preventive value lies in identifying harm, reporting suspected work-related disease and improving information on workplace exposures.
Who it applies to
The Social Security system and the actors involved in identifying and reporting occupational disease. This record focuses on Articles 1–5, the annexes and communication rules; classification of an individual case requires the relevant legal framework and competent decision-maker.
Key provisions
Annex 1 contains the approved schedule; Annex 2 lists suspected occupational diseases that may be added later. Inclusion in the second list is not, by itself, recognition as an occupational disease.
Article 1Updating the schedule follows a specific procedure involving health reports and the National Commission on Safety and Health at Work. An employer cannot amend the official classification.
Article 2Classification belongs to the managing institution, without prejudice to processing by cooperating institutions. It also determines occupational origin where the person is not registered as active in the system.
Article 3The managing or cooperating institution prepares and processes the report; the employer must provide requested information it holds. Employer duties under Article 23 of the Occupational Risk Prevention Act remain applicable.
Article 4National Health System practitioners and, where applicable, prevention-service practitioners must communicate the specified cases and suspicions through the regional channel to the competent institution. Reporting a suspicion and formally classifying it are distinct acts.
Article 5The coded schedule includes asbestos-related laryngeal cancer following the 2015 amendment and lung cancer associated with inhalation of free-silica dust following the 2018 amendment, subject to the activities and conditions specified in each entry.
Annex 1History and versions
Initial publication: 19/12/2006 · Initial entry into force: 01/01/2007
BOE-A-2006-22169Published on 19 December 2006 and in force from 1 January 2007. The checked record contains two textual amendments to the annexes and implementation of the report through Order TAS/1/2007. The latest recorded text version was published on 5 May 2018 and took effect on 6 May 2018.
Royal Decree 257/2018: published on 5 May 2018, effective from 6 May 2018. Adds lung cancer from inhalation of free-silica dust to Group 6.
BOE-A-2018-6046Royal Decree 1150/2015: published on 19 December 2015, effective from 20 December 2015. Moves asbestos-related laryngeal cancer into Annex 1 and removes it from the supplementary Annex 2 list.
BOE-A-2015-13874Order TAS/1/2007 was published on 4 January 2007 and entered into force on 5 January with effect from 1 January 2007. It develops the report form, preparation and electronic transmission. It is procedural implementation, not a textual amendment to the disease schedule.
BOE-A-2007-186All text versions recorded by the BOE
| Publication | Effective date | Official reference | Affected provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19/12/2006 | 01/01/2007 | BOE-A-2006-22169 | Preamble, Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, Additional provision first, Additional provision second, Transitional provision sole, Repealing provision sole, Final provision first, Final provision second, Final provision third, Signature, Annex 1, Annex 1, Annex 2, Annex 2 |
| 19/12/2015 | 20/12/2015 | BOE-A-2015-13874 | Annex 1, Annex 2 |
| 05/05/2018 | 06/05/2018 | BOE-A-2018-6046 | Annex 1 |
Transitional provisions and application notes
The transitional provision retained earlier reporting rules until the new form and procedure were approved. Order TAS/1/2007 developed electronic reporting; this historical transition cannot justify omitting current notification duties.
Transitional provision soleRoyal Decree 1995/1978 and the schedule annexed to Decree 3772/1972 were repealed. Repeal of that annex must not be extended without a legal basis to the entire 1972 decree.
Repealing provision soleThe schedule does not replace risk assessment or exhaust all work-related harm. Absence from Annex 1 does not automatically exclude other legally available protection or investigation routes.
Article 1Publication was on 19 December 2006 and entry into force on 1 January 2007. The BOE database update in 2025 is not a new amendment to the annexes.
Final provision third
Official BOE legal relationships
Earlier references (3)
- Repeals · BOE-A-1978-21849
- Repeals · BOE-A-1973-234
- Cites · DOUE-L-2003-81533
Subsequent references (3)
- Amended by · BOE-A-2018-6046
- Amended by · BOE-A-2015-13874
- Instrument issued under this legislation · BOE-A-2007-186
