Handling authorization

• Handling authorization
The handling authorization is issued in a single phase.

The activities permitted within the authorized handling practice are mentioned in the annex to the authorization. They may be one or more of the following: assembly, installation, maintenance, repair, verification, modification, reconditioning, dismantling, treatment, processing or another operation that falls within the definition.

It is prohibited to carry out activities within the handling practice for recipients not authorized in accordance with Law no. 111/1996 or for radiological installations and radiation sources without a radiological safety authorization for the product.

The authorization holder may bring radiological installations and radiation sources from recipients, for a specified period of time, to its own appropriately equipped workshops in order to be repaired, modified or verified, in accordance with a procedure for taking into custody approved by the Commission in the authorization process.

For as long as the radiological installations and radiation sources are in the custody of the holder of the handling authorization, the holder assumes all legal responsibilities for ensuring their physical security and radiological safety.

The use of radiological installations and radiation sources held in custody, or their transfer to third parties, is prohibited.

Radiological installations held in custody may be put into operation only for testing and verification.

Within the repair activity, the replacement of parts or subassemblies with ones that are not original or have not been recommended by the manufacturer, and the modification or removal of radiological safety features, are prohibited.

For installation – assembly activities, the recipient is considered to be authorized if it meets one of the following conditions:
a) for radiological installations subject to registration, the recipient provides proof of their lawful purchase and the installations have a radiological safety authorization for the product;
b) for radiological installations that are authorized in a single phase, the recipient provides proof of notification of the Commission and the installations have a radiological safety authorization for the product;
c) for radiological installations that are authorized in phases, the recipient presents a valid construction authorization issued by the Commission;
d) the radiological installations were imported pursuant to Art. 27, points b) and c) of the Radiological Safety Norms – Authorization Procedures.

The installer must comply with the installation–assembly instructions supplied by the manufacturer of the installation and with the limits and conditions imposed by the authorizations issued by the Commission, must train the recipient's personnel in the use of the installation and must not make any changes to it, including to the labelling system.

During the assembly period, the installer is authorized to put the radiological installation into operation only for the time needed for adjustment, verification and testing, in accordance with its own procedure approved by the Commission in the authorization process. Two copies of the report containing the results of the acceptance tests are handed over to the recipient.

Commissioning and handover of the installation to the user are permitted only after the authorization for use or the registration certificate has been obtained.

Technical documentation for handling