Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Officers appointed as radiation protection inspectors pursuant to articles R. 1333-168 and R. 1333-169 may be authorised, by the administrative authority that is entitled to appoint them, to investigate and record the breaches provided for in article L. 1337-1-1 falling within their remit, in accordance with the procedures provided for in articles R. 1333-168 to R. 1333-171.

Agents authorised under the conditions provided for in article R. 1337-11 shall take an oath, before the judicial court in whose jurisdiction their administrative residence is located, to perform their duties faithfully and well, to observe in all respects the duties imposed upon them and not to reveal or use information protected by law that has come to their knowledge in the course of their duties. The clerk of the…

Authorised and sworn agents exercise their prerogatives within the territorial limits of their department or establishment of assignment and, for agents belonging to central administration departments, throughout the national territory.

Appointments made pursuant to Articles R. 1333-168 and R. 1333-169 shall terminate on the date on which the official ceases the duties he was performing at the time of his appointment or by decision of the appointing authority taken in the same manner as the appointment. Any officer who no longer has the status of radiation protection inspector or who is temporarily or permanently prohibited, pursuant to Article 227 of…

Failure by a holder of sealed radioactive sources to comply with : 1° The obligation laid down in the first paragraph of II of Article R. 1333-161; 2° The obligation laid down in the second paragraph of II of the same article.

The following is punishable by a fifth-class fine: 1° Failure by the owners of establishments open to the public mentioned in article D. 1333-32 to carry out the periodic radon measurements provided for in II of article R. 1333-33 ; 2° If the reference level set in article R. 1333-28 is exceeded, for the owners of establishments open to the public mentioned in article D. 1333-32, failing to have the…

The following offences are punishable by a fifth-class fine 1° Failure by the person responsible for a nuclear activity to make the declaration provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 1333-13; 2° Failure by the person responsible for a nuclear activity to make the declaration provided for in the third paragraph of I of article L. 1333-13; 3° Failure by health professionals involved in the therapeutic…

Any person responsible for a nuclear activity is liable to a fifth-class fine for: 1° Failing to transmit the file provided for in Article R. 1333-105 ; 2° Failing to comply with the general requirements laid down in Article R. 1333-135; 3° Failing to provide the prior information required under Article R. 1333-138; 4° Failing to carry out the acceptance test provided for in Article R. 1333-139; 5° Carrying out…

The provisions of articles R. 173-1 to R. 173-4 of the Environment Code apply under the following conditions when the provisions of article L. 173-12 of the same code in application of article L. 1337-9 of the Public Health Code: 1° The Autorité de sûreté nucléaire is substituted for the préfet de département for the application of I of article R. 173-1 ; 2° The administrative authority mentioned in articles…