Prohibition of practices
Article 21
1. Member States shall prohibit the deliberate addition of radioactive substances in the production of foodstuffs, animal feeding stuffs, and cosmetics, and shall prohibit the import or export of such products. 2. Without prejudice to the Directive 1999/2/EC, practices involving the activation of material resulting in an increase in activity in a consumer product, which at the time of placing on the market cannot be disregarded from a radiation protection point of view, shall be deemed not to be justified. However, the competent authority may evaluate specific types of practices within this class with regard to their justification. 3. Member States shall prohibit the deliberate addition of radioactive substances in the manufacture of toys and personal ornaments and shall prohibit the import or export of such products. 4. Member States shall prohibit practices involving the activation of materials used in toys and personal ornaments, resulting, at the time of the placing on the market of the products or of their manufacture, in an increase in activity, which cannot be disregarded from a radiation protection point of view, and shall prohibit the import or export of such products or materials.