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Article L1333-22 of the French Public Health Code

Owners or operators of certain categories of built property located in areas with radon potential where exposure to radon is likely to be harmful to health must monitor this exposure. Above certain levels of radon activity, owners or, failing that, operators are required to take the necessary measures to reduce exposure and protect people’s health. The categories of buildings, the monitoring procedures and the above-mentioned radon activity levels are defined…

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Article L1333-23 of the French Public Health Code

Organisations involved in radon monitoring are authorised : 1° to carry out measurements of radon activity in built-up areas ; 2° To analyse radon activity measurements. These bodies transmit the results of measurements that may be useful for national monitoring of public exposure to radon, in the cases and under the conditions laid down by regulation, to a body designated by the ministers responsible for radiation protection and labour. The…

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Article L1333-24 of the French Public Health Code

Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 6, the officials mentioned in Article L. 1421-1 who are not radiation protection inspectors and the officials mentioned in Article L. 1435-7 may, under the conditions laid down in Chapter I of Title II of Book IV of this Part, monitor the application of the provisions of Article L. 1333-22. They shall inform the Nuclear Safety Authority of the results of their inspections.

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Article L1333-25 of the French Public Health Code

When devices containing radioactive sources or ionising radiation generators are made available on the market, suppliers shall provide the purchaser with adequate information on the potential radiological risks associated with their use and on the conditions of use, testing and maintenance, together with a demonstration that the design allows exposure to ionising radiation to be reduced to as low a level as reasonably achievable. Furthermore, in the case of medical…

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Article L1333-26 of the French Public Health Code

I.-Where, on or in land, buildings or structures, the man-made presence of radioactive substances is likely to cause exposure of persons to ionising radiation or emissions of radioactive substances justifying radiation protection monitoring, or where there are serious grounds for suspecting this, public utility easements may be instituted and include, in order to prevent or limit these risks and inconveniences: 1° Prohibiting or limiting certain uses, or making them subject…

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Article L1333-27 of the French Public Health Code

The requirements, means and measures for the protection of workers’ health from ionising radiation taken in application of this chapter and chapter VII of this title concern the collective protection measures incumbent on the person responsible for a nuclear activity and likely to ensure compliance with the principles of radiation protection defined in article L. 1333-2. They concern the design, operation and decommissioning phases of the installation and are without…

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Article L1333-28 of the French Public Health Code

The person responsible or his successor for a nuclear activity or a past or present professional activity likely to cause, directly or indirectly, exposure of persons to ionising radiation or to emissions of radioactive substances, which cannot be neglected from the point of view of radiation protection, shall take all necessary measures to reduce such exposure in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1333-3. The financial obligations linked to…

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Article L1333-29 of the French Public Health Code

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…

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Article L1333-30 of the French Public Health Code

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…

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Article L1333-31 of the French Public Health Code

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…

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