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What it regulates
It governed the holder’s responsibility, personnel competence and radiation protection in nuclear and radioactive installations. Royal Decree 1217/2024 expressly repealed it. This page retains its historical prevention duties and explains continuity of certain authorisations and procedures without treating the earlier text as generally in force.
Who it applies to
Selected scope: Articles 8(1), 8(3)–(4), 8 bis, 47(1)–(2) and 47(5), 55, 65–68, and additional provision 3(2) and 3(4). Financial rules, physical security without an occupational link and standalone design approvals are excluded.
Key provisions
The holder was responsible for safe operation, documentation and radiation protection, including contractors. From 2011, paragraph 4 addressed physical and psychological fitness and safeguards of proportionality, information, privacy and confidentiality in testing.
Article 8The 2008 amendment added a channel for reporting deficiencies, including anonymous reports. The historical text required a written reply to an identified reporter in less than seven working days and an urgent route, and protected against employment detriment except where bad faith was established.
Article 8 bisArticles 47 and 55 distinguished supervisor and operator licences and radiation-protection training. Credentials for medical diagnostic X-ray installations were governed by their specific rules; not every radiation activity had the same licensing regime.
Article 55The supervisor had to stop operation if safety conditions deteriorated. The operator could do so where the supervisor could not also be informed promptly enough. Both had to report defects affecting nuclear safety or radiation protection.
Article 66Everyone working in an installation had to know radiation and emergency rules. The holder had to define the necessary knowledge and expertise and establish training programmes; Article 68 assigned the radiation-protection service head duties to oversee compliance and report breaches.
Article 67History and versions
BOE publication: 31/12/1999 · Initial entry into force: 01/01/2000
BOE-A-1999-24924Generally effective from 1 January 2000. The correction of 26 January 2000 clarified the reference to operational protection of outside workers. The 2008 amendment revised the selected occupational provisions; the 2011 amendment added the fitness safeguards in Article 8(4). Express repeal followed on 5 December 2024. This page does not exhaustively reconstruct implementing CSN instructions.
Original text, published on 31 December 1999, effective from 1 January 2000.
BOE-A-1999-24924Correction of 26 January 2000 includes the reference to operational protection of outside workers in additional provision 3(2). It is not a new law and no additional commencement date is inferred.
BOE-A-2000-1549Correction of 5 February 2000 concerns Annex II(6)(b), outside the selected occupational provisions.
BOE-A-2000-2411Royal Decree 35/2008, published on 18 February 2008 and effective the next day, addresses responsibility, reporting deficiencies, personnel, licensing and training. Only its pairs with the selected OSH provisions are shown.
BOE-A-2008-2935Royal Decree 1308/2011, final provision 2(1), adds Article 8(4), effective from 8 October 2011. Physical-security amendments outside that paragraph are not included in the OSH table.
BOE-A-2011-15723Royal Decree 1217/2024: express repeal and transitional rules for authorisations, personnel and procedures.
BOE-A-2024-25205Text versions of the selected OSH provisions
| Publication | Effective date | Official reference | Affected provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/1999 | 01/01/2000 | BOE-A-1999-24924 | Article 8, Article 47, Article 55, Article 65, Article 66, Article 67, Article 68, Additional provision third |
| 18/02/2008 | 19/02/2008 | BOE-A-2008-2935 | Article 8, Article 8 bis, Article 47, Article 55, Article 65, Article 66, Article 67 |
| 07/10/2011 | 08/10/2011 | BOE-A-2011-15723 | Article 8 |
Transitional provisions and application notes
Repeal took effect on 5 December 2024. The successor preserves authorisations until expiry and regulates continuity of licences and diplomas; this does not mean that the whole of Royal Decree 1836/1999 remains in force.
Transitional provision firstTransitional provision 9 of Royal Decree 1217/2024 generally retains the rules applicable when earlier procedures began, with an exception for former Article 80 containers. Each case requires checking its start date and applicable transitional category.
Transitional provision ninthReferences to radiation, outside-worker and X-ray regulations are retained as historical context. Current duties require consulting Royal Decrees 1029/2022 and 1217/2024 together with the relevant specific rules.
Additional provision third
Official BOE legal relationships
This record covers the history of the selected occupational safety and health provisions. The official analysis also provides the relationships affecting other subjects in the legislation.
Official BOE legal relationships
