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1
Brussels,30Kay1973,
PROPOSALFORADIRECTIVE(EURATOM)OPTHECOUNCIL
sendingtheDirectiveof1stJune1976layingdowntherevisedBasic
SafetyStandardsforthehealthprotectionofthegeneralpublicand
workersagainstthedangersofionisingradiation
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CCM(78)228final»

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article30oftheTreatyestablishing theEAEC(Euratom)
statesthat"Basicstandardsshai!belaiddownwithintheCommunity
fortheprotectionofthehealthofworkersandthegeneralpublic
againstthedangersarisingfromionizingradiations".
/ -
Article31oftheTreatystipulatesthatthebasicstandards
shallbeworkedoutbytheCommission ,afterithasobtainedthe
opinionofagroupofpersonsappointedbytheScientificandTechnical
Committeefromamongscientificexperts,andinparticularpublic
healthexperts,intheMemberStates.AGroupofExpertsonBasic
SafetyStandardstookpartindrawinguptheinitialdirectiveswhich
wereadoptedbytheCouncilon2February 1959(OJNo11of
20February1959)andrevisedon5March1962(OJNo57of9Juiy1962),
on27October1966(OJNo216of26November 1966)andon1June1976
(OJNoL187of12July1976).
Bydrawingupandamendingthesedirectivesithasbeen
possibletoestablishharmonized radiationprotectionlegislation-
basedoncommunvaiuesandprinciples-intheMemberStatesof
theCommunity .
Thebasicsafetystandardslaiddowninthesedirectives ,eans*i~
tuteasystemofprinciples andvalueswhichareprimarilybasedon
thescientific recommendations oftheInternational Commission on
Radiological Protection (ICRP),ascientificorganization recognized
throughout theworld.In1977,takingintoaccountthemostrecent
scientificinformation inthefieldofradiobiology andradiationprotection ,
theInternational Commission onRadiological Protection publishednew
recommendations whichmodifyacertainnumberofbasicconceptsinthe
.
Tieldofradiationprotection ,previously publishedin1966.

Theexistenceofthisnewinformation ,whichisalsopresented
inthelatestreportbytheUnitedNationsScientificCommittee on
EffectsofAtomicRadiation,haspromptedtheinternational organiza­
tionsconcerned (IAEA,WHO,ll_Q)torevisetheirrecommendations .
ItthusbecamenecessarytocarryoutatCommunitylevela
studyofthenewrecommendations oftheInternational Commission on
RadiologicalProtection ,inordertodeterminewhichprovisionsof
theDirectiveof1June1975wouldhavetobeadapted.Aftera
thoroughexamination ,thecompetentservicesoftheCommission ,
workinginclosecooperationwiththeGroupofExpertsonBasic
SafetyStandards ,cametotheconclusionthatitwasdesirableto
revisetheDirectivewithoutdelay.
Infact,thisrevisionisonlyonestageintheprocessof
harmonization oflegislationintheMemberStatesoftheEuropean
Communityandanotherstepforwardintheendeavourtooptimize
radiationprotectionofworkersandthegeneralpublic.Ineffect,
althoughthesystemsandprocedurescreatedbythedirectivesare
constantlydevelopingandundergoingchanges,theguaranteesgiven
onthemostimportantpointsremainthesame.
HoweveritshouldbenotedthattheDirectiveof1June1976
makesitincumbentontheMemberStatestobringtheirlegislationinto
linewiththebasicsafetystandardsbefore12July1978.
Takingintoaccountthefactthatthebasicsafetystandardsare
toberevisedinthenearfuture,theMemberStateswouldbeobliged
toamendtheirlegislationontwooccasionswithinashortperiodof
time.Thus,ithasbeenconsideredadvisabletoextendbytwoyears
thetimelimitfortheapplicationoftheDirectiveof1June1976

ProposedamendmenttotheDirectiveof1June1976
layingdowntherevisedbasicsafetystandardsforthe
healthprotectionofthegeneralpublicandworkers
againstthedangersofionizingradiation
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanAtomicEnergy
CommunityandinparticularArticles31and32thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,workedoutafter
obtainingtheopinionofagroupofpersonsappointedbyth6Scientific
andTechnicalCommitteefromamongthescientificexperts,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament (1),
/..."
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee (2;,
WhereastheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity
prescribesthatthebasicstandardsfortheprotectionofthehealthof
thegenera !publicandworkersagainstthedangersarisingfromionizing
radiation,asprovidedforinparticularinArticle30thereof,mustbe
laiddowninordertoenabieeachMemberState,inaccordance with
Article33,tolaydowntheappropriateprovisions bylegislation ,
regulationoradministrative actiontoensurecompliancewiththebasic
safetystandards ;
WhereastheCouncil,on1June1976,adoptedDirective76/579/Euratom
(3)layingdowntheabovementioned basicsafetystandards;
WhereastheInternational CommissiononRadiologicalProtection ,whose
recommendations constituteanimportantscientificbackgroundforthe
Euratombasicsafetystandards,hasinitsmostrecentrecommendations ,
inparticularinRecommendation No26,modifiedcertainfundamental
scientificconceptsinthefieldofradiologicalprotection ;
(1)corresponding reference
(2)corresponding reference
(3)OJNoL107,12.7.1976

Whereasinthelightofincreasingscientificknowledge ofradiation
protection ,andinviewofthefactthatthenationalradiological
protectionprovisions aimedatensuringthebestpossiblehealth
protectionoftheworkersandpopulationshouldalwayscorrespond
tothelateststateoftheart,itisexpedientthatthenationallegislative ,
regulatory andadministrative provisions inthefieldofradiation
protectionshouldbeamendedassoonaspossible,and
ê
Whereasithasinthemeantimebecomenecessary toextendfromtwo
tofouryearsthetimelimitlaiddowninArticle40,paragraph 1of
Directive76/579/Euratomreferredtoabove;
HasadoptedthisDirective ;
f
Article 1
Article40,paragraph 1oftheDirectiveof1June1976shallbe .
amendedasfollows: . 1
TheMemberStatesshalltakethemeasuresnecessarytocomplywith
thisDirectivewithinatimelimitoffouryearsfromthedateof
notification thereof.
χ.
Article2•
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtoallMemberStates
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil....

ANNEXE
ANLAGE
APPENDIX
Composition dugrouped'experts"Normesdebase"
visésàl'article31duTraitéEuratom
Zusammensetzung derinArtikel31desEuratom-Vertrages
genanntenSachverständigengruppe "Grundnormen "
Composition oftheGroupofexperts"BasicSafetyStandards"
referredtoinArticle31oftheEuratomTreaty
Belgique :Prof.Dr.S.HALTER Secrétaire Généralau
MinistèredelaSantéPublique
BRUXELLES
Dr.A.LAFONTAINE Directeurdel'Institut
d'Hygièneetd'Epidémiologie
BRUXELLES
Denmark :Prof.M.FABER,M.D.
MrP.GRANDE
Deutschland :Prof.Dr.F.GAUWERKYDirector
Finseninstitutet ,
TheFinsenlaboratory
KØBENHAVN
Director
StatensInstitutetfor
Straalehygiejne
BR0NSH0J
ehem.ChefarztamInstitutfür
Strahlentherapie imAllgemeinen
Krankenhaus St.Georg
HAMBURG
Dr.J.MEHL Ministerialrat
Bundesministerium desInnern
BONN
Prof.Dr.H.MUTH DirektordesInstitutsfür
BiophysikderUniversitätdes
Saarlandes ,
Universitatskliniken
HOMBURG/Saar
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France:Dr.H.JAMMET
Dr.D.MECHALI
Prof.P.PELLERIN
Ireland;MrI.R.McAULAY
Dr.J.E.O'CONNOR
ItaITa:Prof.A.FARULLA
Prof.Dott.C.POLVANI
Luxembourg :Dr.P.KAYSER
Dr.Ch.-E.RISCHARDChefduDépartement de
Protection ,
Centred'EtudesNucleaires ,
C.E.A.
FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES
ChefduServicedeProtection
Sanitairedu
Département deProtection
C.E.A.
FONTENAY-AUX-ROSES
ChefduServiceCentralde
ProtectioncontrelesRayonne­
mentsIonisants,
MinistèredelaSantéPublique
etdelaSécuritéSociale
LEVESINET
UniversityofDublin
PhysicalLaboratory
TrinityCollege
DUBLIN
DirectoroftheNational
RadiationMonitoringService
"Oakland"
DUBLIN
DirettoreIla
CattedraMedicinadelLavoro
Università diRoma
ROMA
Consigliere
pressoilCNEN
ROMA
MinistèredelaSantéPublique
LUXEMBOURG
MédecinInspecteur
InspectionSanitaire
LUXEMBOURG
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Nederland :MmeDr.
T.ROOYAKKER-BEEMSTERDirectoraat-Generaal vande
Arbeid-Ministerie vande
SocialeZaken
(MedischeAfdeling)
VOORBURG-BALEN
Dr.J.WEBER Ministerie vandeVolks­
gezondheid enVolkshygiëne
LEIDSCHENDAM
UnitedKingdom:MrH.J.DUNSTER HealthandSafetyExecutive
LONDON
Dr.A.S.McLEAN Director
NationalRadiological
Protection Board
HARWELL
SirEdwardPOCHIN NationalRadiological
Protection Board
HARWELL
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