REGULATORY INFRASTRUCTURE

The Requirements for Legal and Governmental Infrastructure [18] set out the requirements for governmental responsibilities in establishing a national regulatory framework for the control of radiation sources. 

The regulatory body should require that those who intend to possess and use radiation sources seek an authorization, and should, as appropriate, require a safety assessment from the person seeking the authorization. Section 3 provides further guidance on safety assessment. 

The principal parties and the authorized persons identified by the principal parties should be prepared to assist State authorities or local law enforcement authorities in recovering any lost or stolen source belonging to the registrant or licensee. 

The BSS [17] state (para. 1.6) that The principal parties having the main responsibihties for the apphcation of the Standards shall be (a) registrants or hcensees and (b) employers.  

An individual who has been assigned responsibilities by the principal party should have the expertise and authority to ensure that the measures for the safety of sources recommended in this Safety Guide are implemented. 

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Legislative and regulatory infrastructure— strengthen legislation, increase penal sanctions, and empower law enforcement agencies... 

Achieving the minimum benefits of exemption would require few changes in the existing regulatory infrastructure other than those... 

Fiow would you describe Germany s regulatory infrastructure ... 

FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides The 1985 International Code of Conduct, amended in 1989, was developed to address the use of pesticides in developing countries until the countries have established regulatory infrastructures for pesticides. The Code sets forth responsibilities and establishes voluntary standards of conduct for public and private entities engaged in or affecting the distribution and use of pesticides. The Code specifically addresses Labeling, packaging, storage and disposal of pesticides. 

Clearly, there are no one-size-fits-all answers. Many factors enter into the decision to favor either policies that lean more toward economic incentives (El) or toward direct regulation, or what is commonly referred to as com-mand-and-control (CAC) policy. Underlying determinants include a country s governmental and regulatory infrastructure, along with the nature of the environmental problem itself. 

The Regulatory Infrastructure within China in the Regulation of Pesticide... 

The IAEA Safety Requirements publication on Legal and Governmental Infrastructure for Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety [ 1 ] sets out the requirements for a regulatory infrastructure. These include requirements in respect of the establishment of an independent regulatory body for nuclear facilities and the responsibilities and functions to be assigned to it. 

This Safety Guide, which is jointly sponsored by the FAO, the IAEA, the International Labour Office, the PAHO and the WHO, gives detailed guidance on the key elements for the organization and operation of a national regulatory infrastructure for radiation safety, with particular reference to the functions of the national regulatory body that are necessary to ensure the implementation of the Basic Safety Standards. The Safety Guide is based technically on material first published in IAEA-TECDOC-1067 which was jointly sponsored by the FAO, the IAEA, the OECD/NEA, the PAHO and the WHO. The requirements established in GS-R-1 have been taken into account. 

The Safety Guide is oriented towards national regulatory infrastructures concerned with protection and safety for radiation sources used in medicine, industry, agriculture, research and education. 

The IAEA safety standards need to be complemented by industry standards and must be implemented within appropriate national regulatory infrastructures to be fully effective. The IAEA produces a wide range of technical publications to help States in developing these national standards and infrastructures. 

This Safety Guide is intended mainly to assist States to implement the requirements established in Ref [1] for a national regulatory infrastructure to... 

This Safety Guide covers the elements of a national regulatory infrastructure necessary to achieve an appropriate level of protection and safety for radiation sources used in medicine, industry, agriculture, research and education. It also provides guidance on the organization and implementation of a system for the regulatory control of radiation sources. 

There are other kinds of records that should be maintained as part of the regulatory infrastructure but which may not be held in the possession of the regulatory body. Such records should be made available to the regulatory body... 

Recognizes that some States may require assistance in implementing the provisions of this resolution within their territories and invites States in a position to do so to offer assistance as appropriate in response to specific requests to the States lacking the legal and regulatory infrastructure, implementation experience and/or resources for fulfilling the above provisions Calls upon all States ... 

States shall develop their own approach to acceptance criteria, depending upon their particular legal and regulatory infrastructures. Acceptance criteria that are chosen on the basis of suitable principles for safe design and operation shall be made available to the operating organization. 

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