A la lumiere de cet evenement, a- t-il dit, il faut, selon la Commission europeenne : "- reexaminer dans quelle mesure les directives commu- nautaires concernant les normes de base relatives a la protection sanitaire de la population et des tra- vailleurs contre les dangers resultant des rayonne- ments ionisants devraient etre adaptees; - completer ces dispositions par l'etablissement de niveaux generaux de tolerance aux contaminations radioactives des produits a appliquer dans la Com- munaute afin d'eviter les difficultes qui sont ap- parues apres l'accident de Tchernobyl"".
In the light of that event, he said, the Commission thought it necessary to : "- re-examine to what extent the Community Directives laying down the Basic Safety Standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation should be adapted; and - supplement such provisions by establishing general tolerance levels for radioactive contamination of products that would be applied in the Community in order to avoid the difficulties that have arisen since the Chernobyl accident"".
