Similar to Germany, binding regulations for high-frequency electromagnetic radiation apply in many countries worldwide. The European Union joined the ICNIRP guidelines in 1999 within the framework of the EU Council recommendation. They are also followed in many countries outside of Europe. In the USA, Canada and Taiwan, on the other hand, the mobile phone safety limit values ​​are based on the recommendations of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), which are comparable to the ICNIRP guidelines.
Countries that decided against the ICNIRP limit value recommendations, such as Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Russia and Poland, justify this with an increased desire for precautionary measures. The Swiss environmental authority, for instance, expressed the following. “The Federal Council couldn’t wait for science to provide the desired answers. The precautionary principle of the Environmental Protection Act requires that the load should in principle be as low as it is technically possible.”