EUROPEAN UNION PERSPECTIVE REGARDING IMPORT AND EXPORT

摘要

When talking about controls on exports/imports of radioactive sources — inrnparticular against the background of the IAEA guidance in this field — the specialrnstatus of countries that are Member States of the European Union (EU) needs to berntaken into account, in particular their belonging to a single economic area within whichrngoods are free to move under conditions similar to those of a domestic market. Withinrnthe EU, uniform procedures apply as a result of a common legal framework based onrntrade, customs and source security/safety considerations (in particular the provisionsrnsupplementing the European Basic Safety Standards, based on Title II, Chapter 3, of thernTreaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community). Several pieces of legislationrnapply to intra-Community and extra-Community movements of radioactivernsources. The need for specific Community legislation applying to exports of radioactivernsources should therefore be analysed in view of the existing binding regime (the newestrnDirective on the Control of High Activity Sealed Sources and Orphan Sources), whilerndeciding on the right level of action (in view of the principle of subsidiarity) andrnfollowing the appropriate procedures.