# 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 3: Exclusion from the scope

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

This Directive shall not apply to:
(a) exposure to the natural level of radiation, such as radionuclides contained in the human body and cosmic radiation prevailing at ground level;
(b) exposure of members of the public or workers other than air or spacecrew to cosmic radiation in flight or in space;
(c) aboveground exposure to radionuclides present in the undisturbed earth's crust.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/59/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59/article-3
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