{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-51/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2013/51",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-51",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Remedial action and notification of the general public",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that any failure to comply with a parametric value laid down pursuant to Article 5(1) is immediately investigated in order to identify the cause.\n2. Where a failure to comply with a parametric value occurs, the Member State shall assess whether the failure poses a risk to human health which requires action.\n3. In the event that such a risk referred to under paragraph 2 exists, the Member State shall:\n(a) take remedial action in order to comply with requirements for the protection of human health from a radiation protection point of view; and\n(b) ensure that the general public concerned is:\n(i) notified of the risk and the remedial action taken; and\n(ii) advised on any additional precautionary measures that may be needed for the protection of human health in respect of radioactive substances.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/51/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:51.739233+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}