Radiological Protection Act
(RPA)

of 22 March 1991 (Status as of 1 July 2023)


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Art. 39 Liability

1 Any­one who op­er­ates equip­ment or car­ries out activ­it­ies in­volving an ion­iz­ing ra­di­ation haz­ard shall be li­able for any res­ult­ant dam­age un­less it can be demon­strated that all due care was ex­er­cised to avoid the dam­age.

2 Where two or more per­sons are li­able un­der para­graph 1, they shall be jointly and sev­er­ally li­able.

3 The above is without pre­ju­dice to the Con­ven­tion of 29 Ju­ly 196025 on Third Party Li­ab­il­ity in the Field of Nuc­le­ar En­ergy as amended by the Ad­di­tion­al Pro­tocol of 28 Janu­ary 1964, the Pro­tocol of 16 Novem­ber 1982 and the Pro­tocol of 12 Feb­ru­ary 2004 (the Par­is Con­ven­tion) and the Nuc­le­ar En­ergy Li­ab­il­ity Act of 13 June 200826 with re­gard to nuc­le­ar dam­age caused by nuc­le­ar fa­cil­it­ies or the trans­port of nuc­le­ar ma­ter­i­als.27

25 SR 0.732.44

26SR 732.44

27 Amended by An­nex No II 4 of the Nuc­le­ar En­ergy Li­ab­il­ity Act of 13 June 2008, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2022 43; BBl 2007 5397).

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