# 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, Article 12: Dose limits for public exposure

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

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.
2. Member States shall set the limit on the effective dose for public exposure at 1 mSv in a year.
3. In addition to the dose limit referred to in paragraph 2, the following limits on the equivalent dose shall apply:
(a) the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 15 mSv in a year;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/59/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59/article-12
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