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This standard applies to mechanical continuous handling equipment used in opencast lignite mining and to mechanical continuous handling equipment serving to convey lignite or overburden from opencast mines, or to return the residuals and tailings from lignite processing to opencast mines, or to convey lignite, overburden or lignite processing residuals and tailings from one opencast mine to another. This standard applies to continuous handling equipment operated in delimited site areas that are off-limits to the public and accessible only to authorised persons. It specifies safety requirements for stationary, mobile and shiftable continuous handling equipment designed to transport bulk goods by continuous movement from a loading point to a discharge point. The standard considers the significant hazards that arise during the use, movement and shifting of continuous handling equipment, as well as the measures for eliminating or reducing these hazards, provided the continuous handling equipment is used as intended and the remaining risk is foreseen and taken into account by the manufacturer. A complete list of all the hazards defined under EN 1050: 1996 is given in Annex A (normative). The requirements of this standard do not apply to equipment and systems manufactured and put into operation before the publication date of this standard.