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GENERAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

6.1. All defined terms in this Specification shall have the same meaning as set out in the
CONTRACT, unless otherwise stated.

6.2. Any breach of the HSE Specification shall be deemed by the COMPANY to be a material
breach of the terms of the CONTRACT between the parties and the COMPANY shall be
entitled to take appropriate action including instructing the CONTRACTOR to (i) remedy the
breach; (ii) suspend Work or (iii) terminate the CONTRACT.

6.3. The CONTRACTOR/SUBCONTRACTOR must respect the working hours of its staff

6.4. The CONTRACTOR/SUBCONTRACTOR must meet the legal working age and take into
account the particularities of post .

6.5. The CONTRACTOR shall be responsible to adopt and apply all the safety measures while
performing the SERVICE requested by the COMPANY, in order to prevent any possible
accident that could results to injuries to CONTRACTOR/COMPANY personnel or damage to
CONTRACTOR/COMPANY equipment/facilities and the environment.

6.6. CONTRACTOR shall provide all the safety equipment connected with the service required (i.e
clothing, safety devices and personal and collective protection equipment) and must have
appropriate handling equipment and procedures covering all the equipment and products
used.

6.7. CONTRACTORS and SUB-CONTRACTORS shall comply with the minimum HSEQ
requirements for the work set out in this specification, whilst conducting operations for the
COMPANY.

6.8. COMPANY may perform audits and assessments of CONTRACTOR's and its
SUBCONTRACTOR's performance under the CONTRACT. COMPANY reserves the right
without prior notice to conduct health, safety, security and environmental audits of the
operation. CONTRACTOR shall fully co-operate with all such inspection, test and audit.

6.9. Prior to the start of field operations, CONTRACTOR shall complete certain HSE processes,
which include developing the final HSE Plan format, Emergency Response Plan and
frequency of and HSE audits, permitting and licensing COMPANY approvals.
CONTRACTOR shall ensure that sufficient resources are dedicated to this task to ensure
completion prior to mobilisation or, with consent of the COMPANY, prior to commencement
of operations.

6.10. COMPANY may at any time stop the Work or any portion of the Work without penalty to
COMPANY if the Work is not conducted in accordance with the health, safety or
environmental requirements specified in this Statement or by the laws of the appropriate
jurisdiction. COMPANY reserves the right to require CONTRACTOR to remove any person
from the operations in the case of non-compliance with HSE procedures. COMPANY may
also prohibit the use of equipment and materials in cases where the equipment or materials
does not meet the required standards or is deemed unsafe.

6.11. CONTRACTOR shall ensure that activities associated with this Statement are conducted in
compliance with applicable national and local HSE laws and regulations, CONTRACTOR
standards, COMPANY requirements and guidelines, regulations and accepted industry
standards for all relevant equipment for the duration of the contract.

6.12. CONTRACTOR shall be solely responsible for obtaining in due time, all the necessary
certification, work Authorisations and permits if and when required to work inside restricted
areas on the Work and COMPANY shall have no liability whatever in respect thereof.

6.13. CONTRACTOR shall use location provided by COMPANY and shall adhere to the hazardous
area classification in accordance with specifications in applicable standards.

6.14. COMPANY shall however, upon request, undertake to provide CONTRACTOR with such
permits and / or authorisations as it is empowered to issue and which are necessary for
CONTRACTOR to perform the Work.

6.15. CONTRACTOR's representative(s) do not have the authority to relax health, safety or
environment standards. If they judge the operation to be inadequate with regards to any
aspect of health, safety, security or the environment, then the operation may be immediately
suspended.

6.16. CONTRACTOR shall be required to develop a project specific HSE Plan to manage the Work
and associated risks. This plan shall, as a minimum, address topics included in the list
detailed in Section 7 of this specification. Where existing CONTRACTOR HSE publications
detail the topics listed, it will be sufficient to either include them or provide reference as to
where they may be found in CONTRACTOR's HSE Manuals. The final project specific HSE
Plan shall satisfy CONTRACTOR standards, COMPANY requirements and applicable HSE
laws and regulations.

6.17. The HSE Plan shall address the HSE risks of all phases of the Work through the different
stages of the project from the design to the commissioning stages including concept
selection, concept definition and mobilisation, execution and demobilisation at each location
where the Work will be performed (including but not limited to the office, factory, fabrication
yard, construction site, installations) known as the SITE, and shall demonstrate how risks to
all personnel have been identified and have been reduced to as low as reasonably
practicable, (ALARP).

6.18. The HSE Plan shall contain the list of HSE deliverables along with a schedule for their
completion.

6.19. The HSE Plan shall be submitted for review and acceptance within 30 days from the kick of
meeting or before mobilisation to the Site (which is the sooner).
6.20. COMPANY reserves the right at all times to audit and review CONTRACTOR’s facilities,
services and/or performance of its activities in respect of compliance with the accepted HSE
Plan for the Work

6.21. CONTRACTOR shall ensure that its HSE Policy and HSE Plan are available at the Site, at all
times, to all COMPANY’S personnel and CONTRACTOR’S personnel in their working
languages, and shall ensure that all CONTRACTOR’s Personnel comply with the
requirements of both the HSE Policy and the HSE Plan.

6.22. CONTRACTOR shall ensure that all its SUBCONTRACTORS receive a copy of, and comply
with the requirements of the HSE Plan accepted by COMPANY and are provided with a copy
of this Specification.

6.23. CONTRACTOR shall be responsible to ensure that its SUBCONTRACTORS have


appropriate HSE policies, managements systems, plans and procedures and that these
systems comply with COMPANY requirements. The COMPANY retains the right to audit
and/or approve these
HSE management systems, plans and procedures. The SUBCONTRACTORS may use the
Main Contractor’s operating procedures and Safety manuals if they don’t have their own.

PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE CONTRACTOR HSE PLAN


CONTRACTOR’s HSE Plan required under Sub-Clause 6.11 and 6.18 above shall contain, as a
minimum, the provisions set out in this section.

LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT

7.1.1 CONTRACTOR’s management shall demonstrate leadership and commitment through


actively participating in all aspects of HSE, supporting open dialogue and by allocating
sufficient and competent resources to the CONTRACT.

7.1.2 CONTRACTOR shall ensure that HSE responsibilities, authoriti

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