Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Portugal (Ratification: 1994)

Legislation. The Committee notes with satisfaction that Legislative Decree No. 222/2008 of 17 November 2008 gives effect to Articles 7(1) and (2) and 8 of the Convention and which establishes the maximum permissible doses of ionizing radiations which are in conformity with the exposure limits recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) to which the Committee referred in its 1992 general observation on the Convention; that this Decree repeals section 31 of Regulatory Decree No. 9-90 as requested by the Committee for several years, and that Legislative Decree No. 227/2008 of 25 November 2008 regulates the training of future specialists in the protection against ionizing radiations. The Committee also notes that the Government has included observations by the General Workers’ Union (UGT) which state that the abovementioned Decree No. 227/2008 is essential to fill gaps in training of specialists in the protection against ionizing radiations.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.