Holcim

Directive for Management of Asbestos containing

Materials

1. Objective
1.1 Purpose The purpose of this Directive is:
• to define measures to minimize the health risk related to
Asbestos containing materials, if any in Group Companies;
• to ensure that each Group Company has and updates an
Asbestos Register, and
• to have the management of Asbestos containing materials
properly monitored and audited.

1.2 Minimum This Directive, which may be amended from time to time, provides a
Standard minimum standard of rules with respect to the management of
Asbestos containing materials.

Should the content of this Directive not comply with local legal
and/or regulatory requirements ("Legal Requirements"), the
respective Legal Requirements shall prevail, but only to the extent
that such Legal Requirements are not less stringent than the
minimum standards of this Directive.

2. Scope, Definitions and Responsibilities

2.1 Scope The scope of this Directive is world-wide and applicable to all Group
Companies.

2.2 Asbestos "Asbestos" is the fibrous form of the mineral silicates belonging to
the serpentine and amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals.
These include:
(a) actinolite, amosite (brown or gray asbestos), anthophyllite,
crocidolite (blue asbestos), chrysotile (white asbestos),
tremolite; and
(b) any mixture containing one or more of the minerals mentioned;
and
(c) any of these materials that have been chemically treated and/or
altered, as long as the fibrous form is maintained.

Asbestos is a fibrous mineral capable of disintegrating into airborne,

respirable fibers that may present a hazard to human health if
inhaled.

2.3 Asbestos "Asbestos Register" is a register related to Asbestos containing

Register material to be established by each Group Company as instructed by
the Corporate OH&S Officer until the end of June 2004 at the latest
and being kept updated on an ongoing basis.

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2.4 Group Company "Group Company" shall mean any consolidated company, in which
the Group has an interest of more than one half of the voting rights
or otherwise has the power to exercise control over the operations
as listed in Appendix 1.

2.5 Qualified Person "Qualified Person" from a Group Company shall generally mean the
local OH&S Manager or another person, to be appointed, properly
trained and instructed by the Corporate OH&S Officer.

2.6 Essential Plants "Essential Plants" shall mean, e.g.:

(a) air conditioning plant and cooling towers;
(b) heaters, boilers and incinerators
(c) insulation, lagging and piping
(d) pre-heaters, kilns and coolers;
(e) crushers, conveyors and mills;
(f) cranes, escalators and lifts; and
(g) mobile plant and equipment.

2.7 Specialized "Specialized Company" shall mean any international or national

Company company properly qualified (including certification and/or license if
applicable) in dealing with, handling of and/or disposing of Asbestos
containing materials as defined and listed by the Corporate OH&S
Officer.

2.8 Minimum Safety "Minimum Safety Criteria" shall mean a catalogue of criteria for the
Criteria measurement of the potential exposure of employees, the handling
and the disposal of Asbestos containing materials as separately
defined and amended from time to time by the Corporate OH&S
Officer.

2.9 Responsibility It is in the responsibility of each Group Company to implement this

of Group Directive.
Company

2.10 Responsibility It is in the responsibility of the Corporate OH&S Officer:

of Corporate - to define the Minimum Safety Criteria and to amend them from
OH&S Officer
time to time if required,
- to provide a template for the Asbestos Register,
- to establish a list of Qualified Persons from the Group
Companies and to train and instruct them regularly, and
- to provide Group Companies with a list of Specialized
Companies.

3. Asbestos Register
3.1 Identification The Group Company's Qualified Person has to take reasonable
steps necessary to find and identify whether there are any Asbestos
containing materials used or installed in the Group Company's
workplaces and/or buildings, including Essential Plants in or on any
buildings, and/or landfills, if any.

3.2 Asbestos The findings, if any, have to be listed in an Asbestos Register and
Register kept by the Group Company's Qualified Person. A copy of the
Asbestos Register must be forwarded to the local CEO.

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3.3 Finding If there is no evidence of Asbestos containing materials in a Group
a) No Evidence Company, this result must be recorded by the Group Company's
Qualified Person.

There is no further action required.

b) Evidence In case, there is evidence of Asbestos containing materials in a

Group Company, the Group Company's Qualified Person has to
verify local Legal Requirements dealing with Asbestos containing
materials.

4. Risk Assessment
4.1 Risk Assess- In case of evidence of Asbestos containing materials, the Group
ment and action Company has to perform a risk assessment and to establish an
plan
action plan, including yearly monitoring.

4.2 Priority and The priority and degree of urgency for actions basically depends on
urgency for whether there is evidence of non-bound or fibrous materials on the
actions
on hand or bonded materials on the other hand as defined in the
Minimum Safety Criteria and on the potential exposure.

5. Management of Asbestos containing Materials

5.1 No local Legal The Group Company shall retain a Specialized Company for all work
Requirements related to Asbestos containing materials, such as e.g. dismantling or
existing
disposal.

Any proposal of dismantling and/or disposal procedures by the

Specialized Company needs to be checked by Group Company in
terms of compliance with the Criteria before being submitted by the
Specialized Company to the local Health and Safety or other
appropriate authority for information and/or approval.

Further to this information and/or approval the Specialized Company

will act accordingly.

The Group Company shall keep recorded the whole process until
the successful completion and inform the Corporate OH&S Officer
accordingly.

5.2 Local Legal The Group Company shall retain a Specialized Company for all work
Requirements related to Asbestos containing materials, such as e.g. dismantling or
existing
disposal.

Any proposal of dismantling and/or disposal procedures by the

Specialized Company needs to be checked and approved by Group
Company in terms of compliance with the local Requirements and
with the Minimum Safety Criteria before any work is being performed
by the Specialized Company.

Should the local Requirements be less stringent than the Minimum

Safety Criteria, the latter shall prevail.

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 5.2 Local Legal After the approval the Specialized Company will act accordingly.
Requirements
existing (cont'd)
The Group Company shall keep recorded the whole process until
the successful completion and inform the Corporate OH&S Officer
accordingly.

6. Miscellaneous
6.1 Archiving The Asbestos Register and all related reports and documents should
be archived centrally on a project by project base with the Group
Company's Qualified Person.

6.2 Retention The retention period depends basically on local statutory, legal and
Period regulatory requirements but should last at least for 30 years .

6.3 Flow Chart The description of the process of the management of Asbestos con-
taining materials in form of a flow chart is enclosed in Appendix 2.

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Date

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Date

Original dated: Revision:

1st:
20. November 2003

Version dated:

20. November 2003

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Appendix 1

List of Group Companies

Alpha (Pty) Limited

Cemento Polpaico S.A.
Cementownia Wejherovo
Egyptian Cement Company S.A.E.
Fabrika Cementa "Novi Popovac"
Garadagh Cement J.S.C.
Holcim Apasco S.A. de C.V.
Holcim (Baden-Württemberg) GmbH
Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd
Holcim (Belgique) S.A.
Holcim (Brasil) S.A.
Holcim (Bulgaria) AD
Holcim (Canada) Inc.
Holcim (Cesko) a.s.
Holcim (Colombia) S.A.
Holcim (Costa Rica) S.A.
Holcim de Nicaragua S.A.
Holcim (Deutschland) AG
Holcim (España) S.A.
Holcim (France) S.A.
Holcim Group Support Ltd
Holcim (Hrvatska) d.o.o.
Holcim Hungária Rt.
Holcim (Italia) S.p.A.
Holcim (Lanka) Ltd
Holcim (Liban) S.A.L.
Holcim (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Holcim (Maroc) S.A.
Holcim (Nederland) B.V.
Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd
Holcim (Outre-Mer) S.A.S.
Holcim (Romania) S.A.
Holcim (Schweiz) AG
Holcim Services (Asia) Ltd
Holcim (Slowensko) a.s.
Holcim Trading S.A.
Holcim (US) Inc.
Holcim (Venezuela) C.A.
Holcim (Vietnam) Ltd
Holcim (White) Ltd
La Cemento Nacional C.A.
Minetti S.A.
Panama Cement S.A.
PT Semen Cibinong Tbk.
Queensland Cement Ltd.
Siam City Cement
Union Cement Corporation

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Appendix 2

Management of asbestos derived materials -Schematic Process - Rev. 1

Start
Corporate OH&S
Officer to:
- define Minimum
Safety Criteria
- establish list of
Identification of officers
Asbestos containing - train them
materials in
workplaces by
Group Companies

Issuance of a report,
delivered to CEO of
Group Companies:
"Asbestos Register"

Evidence of
Yes Asbestos No
containing
materials at
workplace?
Group Companies to check Records kept at
local legislation re Asbestos Group Companies
containing materials

No further action
Group Companies to required
perform risk assessment
and to establish an action
plan

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 Local No
legislation
existing?

Corporate OH&S Officer to

provide Group Companies
Yes with list of Specialized
Companies

Group Companies to call Specialized

Company in case of dismantling or disposal
Group Companies to call Specialized
Company in case of dismantling or
disposal Proposal of dismantling and/or
disposal procedures to be
submitted by Specialized Company
to Group Company
Local legislation and
Minimum Safety Criteria
to be applied, whichever Group Companies to check that
is more stringent. procedures are in compliance
with Minimum Safety Criteria

Proposal of dismantling and/or disposal procedures to

Work to be performed be submitted by Specialized Company to local Health
by Specialized and Safety or other appropriate authority for
Company information and/or approval.

Work to be performed by
Specialized Company

Group Companies to call Specialized Company in case of dismantling or disposal

No further action required