{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2013/59",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Dose limits for public exposure",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that the dose limits for public exposure shall apply to the sum of annual exposures of a member of the public resulting from all authorised practices.\n2. Member States shall set the limit on the effective dose for public exposure at 1 mSv in a year.\n3. In addition to the dose limit referred to in paragraph 2, the following limits on the equivalent dose shall apply:\n(a) the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 15 mSv in a year;\n(b) the limit on the equivalent dose for the skin shall be 50 mSv in a year, averaged over any 1 cm2 area of skin, regardless of the area exposed.",
  "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/2013/59/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:50.860989+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."
}