Dose limits for public exposure
Article 12
1. Member States shall ensure that the dose limits for public exposure shall apply to the sum of annual exposures of a member of the public resulting from all authorised practices. 2. Member States shall set the limit on the effective dose for public exposure at 1 mSv in a year. 3. In addition to the dose limit referred to in paragraph 2, the following limits on the equivalent dose shall apply: (a) the limit on the equivalent dose for the lens of the eye shall be 15 mSv in a year; (b) the limit on the equivalent dose for the skin shall be 50 mSv in a year, averaged over any 1 cm 2 area of skin, regardless of the area exposed.