Radiation Protection Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 42, 3 July 2017, pp. 1966-2057. Long titleAct on protection against harmful effects of ionizing radiation. Subject Air & atmosphere, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Pollution control Radiation Inspection Monitoring Governance Offences/penalties Protected area Birds Marine area Protection of species Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Act lays down provisions relating to the protection of the people against radiation. Article 1 of the present Act establishes that in order to protect the population the: 1) radioactivity in the environment shall have to be monitored; 2) the exposure of people to radiation and radioactive contamination of the environment shall be kept as low as possible. The text consists of 218 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Radiation protection for planned exposure situations (2); Radiation protection in emergency situations (3); Radiation protection in existing exposure situations (4); Overarching provisions on exposure situations (5); Radiation protection supervision, administrative procedures (6); Administrative bodies (7); Final provisions (8). Full text German Website www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Repeals Radiation Protection Act. Legislation | Germany | 1986 (2015) Keyword: Pollution control, Radiation, Inspection, Monitoring, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX