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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-59/article-79",
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  "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/79",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Recognition of services and experts",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that arrangements are in place for the recognition of:\n(a) occupational health services;\n(b) dosimetry services;\n(c) radiation protection experts;\n(d) medical physics experts.\nMember States shall ensure that the necessary arrangements are in place to ensure the continuity of expertise of these services and experts.\nIf appropriate, Member States may establish the arrangements for the recognition of radiation protection officers.\n2. Member States shall specify the recognition requirements and communicate them to the Commission.\n3. The Commission shall make the information received in accordance with paragraph 2 available to the Member States.",
  "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/79",
    "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."
}