# Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom of 22 October 2013 laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption, Article 4: General obligations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Without prejudice to the provisions laid down in point a of Article 6(3) of Directive 96/29/Euratom, Member States shall take all measures necessary to establish an appropriate monitoring programme for water intended for human consumption, to ensure that in the event of non-compliance with the parametric values laid down pursuant to this Directive:
(a) it shall be assessed whether that poses a risk to human health which requires action and,
(b) remedial action shall be taken, where necessary, to improve the quality of water to a level which complies with requirements for the protection of human health from a radiation protection point of view.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/51/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-51/article-4
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