Member States shall ensure that, before issuing authorisation for practices involving a high-activity sealed source:

1. (a)

   adequate arrangements have been made for the safe management and control of sources, including when they become disused sources. Such arrangements may provide for the transfer of disused sources to the supplier or their placement in a disposal or storage facility or an obligation for the manufacturer or the supplier to receive them;

2. (b)

   adequate provision, by way of a financial security or any other equivalent means appropriate for the source in question, has been made for the safe management of sources when they become disused sources, including the case where the undertaking becomes insolvent or ceases its activities.

In addition to the general licensing requirements set out in Chapter V, Member States shall ensure that the licence for a practice involving a high-activity sealed source includes, but does not have to be limited to:

1. (a)

   responsibilities;

2. (b)

   minimum staff competencies, including information and training;

3. (c)

   minimum performance criteria for the source, source container and additional equipment;

4. (d)

   requirements for emergency procedures and communication links;

5. (e)

   work procedures to be followed;

6. (f)

   maintenance of equipment, sources and containers;

7. (g)

   adequate management of disused sources, including agreements regarding the transfer, if appropriate, of disused sources to a manufacturer, a supplier, another authorised undertaking or a waste disposal or storage facility.

Member States shall require that the records for high-activity sealed sources include the information set out in Annex XIV and that the undertaking provides the competent authority with an electronic or written copy of all or part of these records upon request and at least under the following conditions:

1. (a)

   without undue delay, at the time of the establishment of such records, which shall be as soon as is reasonably practicable after the source is acquired;

2. (b)

   at intervals to be determined by Member States;

3. (c)

   if the situation indicated on the information sheet has changed;

4. (d)

   without undue delay upon the closure of the records for a specific source when the undertaking no longer holds this source, whereby the name of the undertaking or waste disposal or storage facility to which the source is transferred shall be included;

5. (e)

   without undue delay upon the closure of such records when the undertaking no longer holds any sources.

The undertaking's records shall be available for inspection by the competent authority.

Member States shall ensure that the competent authority keeps records of any undertaking authorised to perform practices with high-activity sealed sources and of the high-activity sealed sources held. These records shall include the radionuclide involved, the activity at the time of manufacture or, if this activity is not known, the activity at the time of the first placing on the market or at the time the undertaking acquired the source, and the type of source. The competent authority shall keep the records up to date, taking transfers of the sources and other factors into account.