Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

I.-The supplier provides the financial guarantee provided for in Article L. 1333-15. The guarantee may be provided by the final holder if the latter is himself the beneficiary of a guarantee covering the take-back costs mentioned in Article R. 1333-163. The obligation to provide financial guarantees remains in force notwithstanding any guarantee that may be provided for sealed radioactive sources in another Member State of the European Union. However, it…

The amount of the financial guarantee required by Article R. 1333-162 is established on the basis of a national scale which defines a take-back cost taking into account the nature of the radionuclide, the initial activity of the sealed radioactive source and the existence or absence of a disposal route in France. This amount takes into account the take-back cost set by the national scale and the number of sealed…

An order by the Minister responsible for radiation protection defines the procedures for applying the provisions of article R. 1333-162 relating to the constitution of financial guarantees and article R. 1333-163 relating to the national scale.