{"id":191,"date":"2025-08-13T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T08:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:33:15","slug":"le-cadre-legislatif-et-reglementaire-en-8-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/le-cadre-legislatif-et-reglementaire-en-8-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The legislative and regulatory framework in 8\u00a0questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The legislative and regulatory framework in 8\u00a0questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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What is the purpose and scope of Law No. 2019\/012 of July 19, 2019, establishing the general framework for radiological and nuclear safety, nuclear security, civil liability, and the implementation\u00a0of\u00a0safeguards?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The 2019 law aims to regulate activities and practices related to the use of radioactive materials and devices emitting ionizing radiation. It applies to activities, practices, and facilities involving exposure to ionizing\u00a0radiation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What is the main mission of the Radiological Safety and Nuclear Security Authority, abbreviated\u00a0as\u00a0\"ASRAN\"? <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Authority, on behalf of the State, ensures control over radiological safety, nuclear security, and the implementation of safeguards. It also provides information and raises public awareness about radiological and\u00a0nuclear\u00a0risks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What activities and practices are prohibited by the\u00a02019\u00a0law?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The prohibited activities include the importation of radioactive waste, nuclear weapons, devices dispersing radioactive and nuclear materials, as well as their manufacture, possession, or activation; the addition of radioactive materials in the production of foodstuffs, cosmetics, and household products; the use of radioactive materials in the manufacture of toys; and the importation of used devices emitting ionizing\u00a0radiation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Quelles sont les responsabilit\u00e9s du titulaire d\u2019autorisation ?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The 2019 law aims to regulate activities and practices related to the use of radioactive materials and devices emitting ionizing radiation. It applies to activities, practices, and facilities involving exposure to ionizing\u00a0radiation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What are the responsibilities of the authorization\u00a0holder?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The prohibited activities include the importation of radioactive waste, nuclear weapons, devices dispersing radioactive and nuclear materials, as well as their manufacture, possession, or activation; the addition of radioactive materials in the production of foodstuffs, cosmetics, and household products; the use of radioactive materials in the manufacture of toys; and the importation of used devices emitting ionizing\u00a0radiation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What are the conditions for the use of X-ray\u00a0devices?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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No one may undertake any activity, practice, or construction of a facility referred to in Article 2 of the law unless they have obtained prior authorization issued by the authority responsible for regulation and regulatory\u00a0control.<\/p>

To use an X-ray device, one must\u00a0have:<\/em><\/p>

  • a service opening authorization;\u00a0<\/li>
  • an authorization to use the device\u00a0<\/li>
  • approval for personnel professionally exposed to ionizing\u00a0radiation;\u00a0<\/li>
  • dosimetric monitoring of the personnel.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    What risks does an operator face if they undertake an activity or practice without\u00a0authorization?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Shall be punished with\u00a0\u00a0 Imprisonment from five (5) to ten (10) years and a fine ranging from two million (2,000,000) to twenty million (20,000,000)\u00a0CFA\u00a0francs.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Anyone who :<\/p>

    • continues the activity or practice in violation of a suspension or withdrawal of authorization<\/li>
    • \u00a0- engages in any of the activities or practices referred to in Article 2 of the law without authorization;<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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      Can the authorization holder be held responsible for acts committed by their employees?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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      The law strengthens the civil and criminal liability regime of the authorization holder for acts committed by themselves or by their employees .<\/p>

      Thus, the operator of any nuclear facility is responsible for any nuclear damage suffered anywhere, provided it is proven that the damage was caused by a nuclear accident occurring at\u00a0that\u00a0facility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Regarding criminal liability, the authorization holder can be held criminally responsible for offenses committed in the course of the activity or practice for which they obtained the authorization.<\/p>

      They may also be held jointly liable, along with the perpetrators or accomplices of offenses committed during the authorized activity or practice, for the payment of fines and costs.<\/p>

      Par ailleurs , au regard de la sensibilit\u00e9 du domaine nucl\u00e9aire, le r\u00e9gime des sanctions administratives et p\u00e9nales a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9am\u00e9nag\u00e9 pour renforcer le caract\u00e8re dissuasif des peines encourues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Le cadre l\u00e9gislatif et r\u00e9glementaire en 8 question Quel est l\u2019objet et le champ d\u2019application de la loi n\u00b02019\/012 du 19 juillet 2019 portant cadre g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de s\u00fbret\u00e9 radiologique et nucl\u00e9aire, de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nucl\u00e9aire, de responsabilit\u00e9 civile et de l\u2019application des garanties ? La loi […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides","category-guides-et-recommandations","tag-lois"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854,"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asran.itechsarl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}