Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

The French Nuclear Safety Authority appoints radiation protection inspectors from among its own staff and the staff mentioned in article L. 1421-1. In addition, the Minister for Defence may appoint radiation protection inspectors to monitor facilities and activities of interest to national defence. Radiation protection inspectors are appointed and sworn in under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. They are bound by professional secrecy in accordance with the…

The Nuclear Safety Authority and the radiation protection inspectors shall monitor compliance with the provisions of this chapter, Articles L. 5212-1 and L. 5212-2 relating to the use of medical devices in the medical application of ionising radiation, and the radiation protection measures provided for in Chapter I of Title V of Book IV of Part Four of the Labour Code, as well as the regulations and requirements adopted for…

The control referred to in Article L. 1333-30 is carried out under the same conditions as those laid down in Chapter I of Title VII of Book I of the Environment Code. Where the competent authority is the French Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire – ASN), fines are imposed by the ASN’s Enforcement Committee under the conditions laid down in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title IX…

The representative of the State in the département may, where necessary, order measurements of electromagnetic fields to check compliance with the limit values set, pursuant to 12° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, in order to protect the population exposed. The procedures for carrying out these measurements are defined by order of the ministers responsible for telecommunications, communications and health. The cost of these…