European Directives

Tthe European Directive 2013/59/EURATOM (ED59-2013) was issued by the European Council in December 2013, laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom. 

Each Member State transposed the ED59-2013 into national law across the EU in a unique or in several steps. The article and table below by Roberta Matheoud (AIFM) and Dr Andreana De Mauri lists how and when the transposition in national law took place.

The national transposition is the essential step, to translate the “theory” into clinical practice, according to the local habits but always respecting the “major statements”.