Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

With reference to its observation under the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to supply information on the following points.

1. Articles 2; 3, paragraph 1; 6; and 7 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's statement that the current dose limits correspond to an equivalent of an annual dose of 50 mSv for persons exposed to ionizing radiations, and to one mSv for the public or workers who are not directly exposed to ionizing radiations. The Committee draws the Government's attention to the maximum dose limits for ionizing radiations established in the 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection and in the 1994 Basic International Safety Standards for Radiation Protection. For workers directly engaged in work exposed to radiation this limit is 20 mSv per year averaged over five years (100 mSv over five years), and the actual dose must not exceed 50 mSv in any year.

The Committee also draws attention to the dose limits for apprentices aged from 16 to 18 years set out in Annex II, paragraph II.6 of the 1994 Basic International Safety Standards for Radiation Protection.

The Committee hopes that the maximum doses and quantities included in the Order that the Government is proposing to adopt will be in conformity with the maximum permitted doses and quantities and that the Government will supply information on the measures adopted in this respect.

2. Situations of exposure in emergency; provision of alternative employment. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures which have been taken or are envisaged in relation to the points raised in paragraph 35(c) and (d) of the conclusions of its 1992 general observation.