Commentaries: Art. 169

NORM with a specific activity above the relevant NORM clearance limit may, with the approval of the licensing authority, be discharged to the environment if:
1. disposal via the usual channels would be impossible or would involve disproportionate effort; and
2. as a result of appropriate measures, the effective dose to members of the public arising from the discharge remains below 0.3 mSv per calendar year.
The FOPH shall monitor compliance with the permissible effective dose via the sampling and measurement programme specified in Article 193.
NORM may only be exported for discharge to the environment if consent has been granted by the competent authority of the recipient country and the requirements specified in paragraph 1 are complied with.