The essential health and safety requirements are to be interpreted and applied in such a way as to take into account the state of the art and current practice at the time of design and manufacture, as well as technical and economic considerations which are consistent with a high degree of health and safety protection.
Tá na ceanglais riachtanacha sláinte agus sábháilteachta le léirmhíniú agus le cur i bhfeidhm ar shlí lena gcuirfear san áireamh staid na teicníochta agus na cleachtais a bhí ann tráth an deartha agus an mhonaraithe, chomh maith le gnéithe teicniúla agus eacnamaíocha atá comhsheasmhach le leibhéal ard cosanta sláinte agus sábháilteachta.