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Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on common rules for the inter­
national carriage of passengers by coach and bus (') 
COM(88) 770 final 
(Submitted by the Commission in accordance with Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 22 
December 1988) 
(89/C 31/08) 
The Commission proposal of 9 April 1987, as set out in COM(87) 79 final, is hereby amended 
as follows: 
Article 4 becomes Article 4 (1) and the following paragraph 2 is added: 
'2. Shuttle services with accommodation shall also be able to operate without author­
ization in the following special cases, namely where they: 
— pick up on the return journey passengers who made the outward journey with another 
group, on condition that the total number of such passengers does not exceed 30 % of 
the number of passengers carried on the outward journey, 
— pick up passengers at a maximum of three places on the outward journey and deposit 
them at a maximum of three places on the return journey, other than the place of 
departure, provided that these places are situated in the State from which the service 
departs, 
— set down passengers at a maximum of three places on the outward journey and pick 
them up at a maximum of three places on the return journey, other than the place of 
destination, provided that these places are situated in the State of destination of the 
service.' 
(') OJ No C 120, 6.5. 1987, p. 9. 
Amended proposal for a Council Directive on informing the population about health protection 
measures to be applied and steps to be taken in the event of a radiological emergency 
COM(88) 809 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 23 December 1988) 
(89/C 31/09) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 31 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
established following consultation with a group of 
persons appointed by the Scientific and Technical 
Committee, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, Whereas Article 2 (b) of the Treaty lays down that the 
Community shall establish uniform safety standards to 
protect the health of workers and of the general public; 
Whereas, on 2 February 1959, the Council adopted 
Directives laying down the basic safety standards for the 
health protection of the general public and workers 
against the dangers of ionizing radiation ('), as last 
amended by Directive 80/836/Euratom (2) and Directive 
84/467/Euratom(3); 
(') OJ No 11, 20.2. 1959, p. 221/59. 
(2) OJ No L 246, 17.9. 1980, p. 1. 
(>) OJ No L 265, 5. 10. 1984, p. 4. 
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Whereas, under the terms of Article 24 of Directive 
80/836/Euratom, all Member States must ensure that 
exposed workers receive adequate information on 
radiation protection; 
Whereas, under the terms of Article 45 (4) of the said 
Directive, each Member State must, in the event of an 
accident, stipulate the intervention levels and measures to 
be taken by the competent authorities and the necessary 
resources both in personnel and equipment to enable 
action to be taken to safeguard and maintain the health 
of the population; 
Whereas Article 38 of the Treaty provides that, in cases 
of urgency, the Commission shall issue a Directive 
requiring the Member State concerned to take all 
necessary measures to prevent infringement of the basic 
standards; 
Whereas, under the terms of Article 6 (2) of Directive 
85/337/EEC (!), Member States must ensure that infor­
mation on the measures planned to avoid and reduce the 
significant adverse effects of nuclear power stations and 
other nuclear reactors, in particular on the population, is 
made available to the public before the projects are 
initiated; 
Whereas some Member States have already concluded 
bilateral agreements on information, coordination and 
mutual assistance in the event of a nuclear accident; 
Whereas all Member States have signed the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Convention on early 
notification of a nuclear accident and some have signed 
the IAEA Convention on assistance in the event of a 
nuclear accident or radiological emergency; 
Whereas Council Decision 87/600/Euratom of 14 
December 1987 on Community arrangements for the 
early exchange of information in the event of a radio­
logical emergency (2) requires all Member States which 
decide to take emergency measures to protect the popu­
lation, either as a result of abnormally high levels of 
radioactivity in the environment, or following an 
accident involving an actual or potential substantial 
release of radioactive material, to notify the Commission 
and the Member States which are, or are likely to be, 
affected, of the protective measures which they have 
taken or planned and also of any measures which they 
have taken or planned to inform the public; 
C) OJ No L 175, 5. 7. 1985, p. 40. 
O OJ No L 371, 30. 12. 1987, p. 76. Whereas, in the event of an accident in a nuclear instal­
lation in a Member State, the population living in the 
vicinity of the installation should be prevented from 
taking inappropriate action likely to reduce the effec­
tiveness of the emergency measures taken or planned; 
Whereas the population likely to be directly affected 
should therefore be given in advance appropriate infor­
mation on the planned health protection measures 
relating to it and the action it should take in the event of 
a radiological emergency; 
Whereas certain joint principles and specific provisions 
for informing such sections of the population should be 
drawn up for this purpose at Community level; 
Whereas joint principles and specific provisions for 
informing the population as a whole in the event of a 
real radiological emergency should also be drawn up; 
Whereas account must be taken of the transfrontier 
hazard in the information supplied to the population; 
Whereas, on the basis of these preventive measures, it 
will be possible to provide uniform, effective protection 
for the population in the event of a radiological 
emergency, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
1. The purpose of this Directive is to provide for 
measures and procedures for informing the population 
aimed at improving the operational health protection 
provided in the event of a radiological emergency. 
2. For the purposes of this Directive the following 
terms shall have the meanings hereby assigned: 
(a) Nuclear activities: 
activities involving a risk from ionizing radiation, the 
exercise of which is subject to declaration under the 
terms of the Directive laying down basic safety 
standards. 
(b) Event of radiological emergency: 
a situation in which, as a result of either an abnormal 
increase in the levels of radioactivity in the en­
vironment or an accident or any other occurrence 
concerning nuclear activities, or the installations in 
which they are exercised, of a Member State or of 
natural or legal persons under its jurisdiction, the 
dose limits prescribed for members of the public 
under the Directive laying down basic safety 
standards are likely to be exceeded. 
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(c) Population likely to be affected: 
any population for whose protection the Member 
State plans to take emergency measures in the event 
of a radiological emergency. 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall ensure that the population 
groups likely to be affected in the event of a radiological 
emergency within the meaning of Article 1 of this 
Directive are given information about the health 
protection measures applicable to them and about the 
action they should take. 
2. The information supplied will at least include the 
elements set out in Annex I. 
3. This information shall be communicated to the 
population groups referred to in point 1 above without 
any request being made. 
4. Member States shall update and circulate the infor­
mation regularly and whenever material changes in the 
arrangements that it describes take place. This infor­
mation shall be made permanently available to the public. 
Article 3 
1. Member States shall ensure that, in the event of a 
radiological emergency, the population concerned is 
informed without delay of the facts of the emergency, 
the action to be taken and the health protection 
measures applicable to it. 
2. The information supplied will be based on the 
pattern set out in Annex II. 
Article 4 
Member States shall ensure that any persons who might 
be involved in the organization of emergency assistance 
in the event of a radiological emergency, in particular 
medical staff, firemen, servicemen, civil defence 
personnel and staff of the administrations concerned, 
shall be informed of the health risks involved in their 
work and receive specific information about the nature 
of the possible emergency, its possible health effects and 
on the precautions to be taken should the situation arise. 
This information shall likewise include details of the 
procedure and instructions provided for in the instal­
lations' internal plans in the event of an emergency. This information shall also be given to the Commission. 
Article 5 
1. Member States shall set up or appoint the authority 
or authorities responsible for providing information on 
nuclear questions and for implementing Articles 2, 3 and 
4 of this Directive. 
2. Member States shall instruct the authority or auth­
orities responsible to collect, record, process, select and 
pass on the information to be given to the population 
and to the personnel referred to in Article 4. 
Article 6 
Detailed procedures for circulating the information shall 
be laid down by the Member States. 
As regards the dissemination of the information referred 
to under Article 2 depending on the nature of the radio­
logical emergency envisaged, Member States shall: 
— determine which sector of the population is 
concerned, 
— determine the manner in which natural and legal 
persons shall be informed without submitting a 
request, for example, by letter or information 
brochure addressed to them, 
— specify the places where the information may also be 
consulted, 
— specify how the population in general may be 
informed, for example through the posting of notices 
within a certain radius, the publication of the infor­
mation in local newspapers, and exhibitions with 
plans, records, graphs and models. 
Article 7 
The information circulated to the population by a 
Member State pursuant to Article 2, and which relates to 
an accident likely to result in the radioactive contami­
nation of the waters, the soil or the airspace of other 
Member States, shall be communicated simultaneously to 
the other Member States likely to be affected, in the 
framework of the bilateral relations. 
The information communicated to the population by a 
Member State pursuant to Article 3 shall be 
communicated also by the latter to the other Member 
States which are, or are likely to be, affected, pursuant 
to Articles 2, (1) (b) and 3 (1) of Decision 87/600/ 
Euratom (1). 
Article 8 
This Directive is without prejudice to the right of the 
Member States to apply or adopt administrative or legis­
lative measures to provide more extensive information to 
the population than that provided for under the terms of 
this Directive. 
(') OJ No L 371, 30. 12. 1987, p. 76. 
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Article 9 2. Member States shall communicate to the Comission 
the provisions of national law which they adopt in the 
1. The Member States shall adopt the laws, regu- field governed by this Directive, 
lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply 
with this Directive within 12 months of its adoption. Article 10 
They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Annex I 
Information referred to under Article 2 
The information provided covers the following points: 
I. Basic concepts of radioactivity 
— Basic concepts of radioactivity; 
— How radioactivity affects health. 
II. Description of the situation(s) covered by the emergency measures and their probability 
— Description of the various radiological emergencies covered and their probability. 
— Description of the sectors of the environment likely to be appreciably affected by the type of 
accident covered, including the population, and a description of the main effects which the types of 
accident envisaged are likely to have on these. 
— Influence of climatic factors on the various situations. 
III. Description of the measures planned to avoid and reduce the significant adverse effects of radiological 
emergencies 
— The means by which the population concerned will be alerted. 
— Detailed information on the evacuation plans. 
— Emergency health protection measures and action to be taken in addition to the evacuation plans. 
Annex II 
Information referred to under Article 3 
Depending on the type of radiological emergency, the information covers the following points: 
I. General information 
A. Basic concepts of radioactivity (text prepared in advance) 
— Basic concepts of radioactivity. 
— How radioactivity affects health. 
— The main radiation protection measures. 
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B. General description of the situation 
— Outline of the radiological emergency and its causes, covering in particular: 
— the location and date of the accident, 
— the type of radiological emergency, 
— the main characteristics of the radioactive substances involved, 
— the size of the area threatened. 
— Foreseeable development of the situation. 
II. Emergency health protection measures and action to be taken 
— Attitude towards the environment and decontamination rules: 
— what to do about the air (moving around outside, staying at home, what clothing to wear), 
— what to do about water (bathing, watersports, fishing, consumption of rain-water), 
— what to do about the soil. 
— Attitude towards foodstuffs and drinking water: 
— conditions for harvesting and measures to deal with livestock, 
— conditions for consumption of foodstuffs and drinking water, 
— supply centres for uncontaminated foodstuffs and drinking water. 
— Distribution of iodine tablets as planned. 
III. Information on evacuation plans 
— Announcements recommending cooperation with any instructions or requests formulated by the 
emergency services. 
— Public transport (where and when stops are made). 
— Routes intended for private vehicles and restrictions on road traffic. 
— Accommodation and shelter facilities and their capacity. 
— Medical centres and arrangements made for providing medical care. 
IV. Date and time of the next public announcement