The "EU Directive"from 2013 sets out occupational exposure limits (based, for power frequencies, on ICNIRP 2010) that member states are required to bring into force in national law by 1 July 2016.
In the UK, the Health and Safety Executive will be introducing Regulations to achieve this, and will also publush Guidance to assist businesses to implement the Regulations.
Consultation on the draft Regulations and Guidance
The HSE opened a consultation period on draft Regulations in October 2015 which ran to 3 December 2015.
This emfs.info site is maintained by the electricity industry. For the sake of transparency, we provide our response to the HSE's consultation.
The final Regulations were published in 2016 - see full details.
EU Practical Guide
As well as UK-specific guidance that HSE will be issuing, there is an EU Practical Guide, published in three parts:
See also:
- The EU Directive
- A summary of EU policy on EMFs
- A summary of the exposure limits applying in the UK