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European Information System on Electromagnetic Fields Exposure and Health Impacts On behalf of DG SANCO Final Report February, 2005 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute for Health and Consumer Protection Physical and Chemical Exposure Unit http://www.jrc.cec.eu.int/eis-emf EIS-EMF Project Final report Legal notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use, which might be made of the following information. 1 EIS-EMF Project Final report 2 EIS-EMF Project Final report Organisation responsible of the project: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Physical and Chemical Exposure Unit, Ispra, Italy (JRC/IHCP/PCE). Project leader: Dr. Demosthenes Papameletiou, JRC/IHCP/PCE Sources of funding: DG Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO) and JRC/IHCP/PCE Sub-contractor: Seibersdorf Research, Austrian Research Centers Preparation of documents: All working drafts and this final report were prepared by the Joint Research Centre (Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Physical and Chemical Exposure Unit), and with individual contributions and advice in the course of the work from members of the EIS-EMF Advisory Board and national supporting experts. The “Status report on national sources of RF exposure of the general population” was prepared together by Seiberdorf Research and the JRC/IHCP/PCE. Final drafting: Dr. Carlos del Pozo and Dr. Demosthenes Papameletiou, both at JRC/IHCP/PCE Advisory Board Members: Representing EU national administrations with responsibilities on EMF and Health issues (1). Johann Hohenberg Radiation Protection, Ministry for Environment, Wien, AUSTRIA Gilbert Decat VITO NV, Mol, BELGIUM Willy Pirard Institut Scientifique de Service Public, Liège, BELGIUM Ludek Pekarek National Reference Laboratory on EMF, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Lis Keiding National Board of Health, Copenhagen, DENMARK Maila Hietanen Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, FINLAND Gilles Dixsaut Agence Francaise de Sécurité Sanitaire, Maisons-Alfort, FRANCE 1 DG SANCO and the JRC will contact the competent national authorities to complete the list of representatives from all 25 Member States. 3 EIS-EMF Project Final report Frédéric Jourdan French Ministry of Health – DGS, Paris, FRANCE Axel Bottger Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn, GERMANY Evi Vogel Bayerisches Staatsministerium, München, GERMANY T. Karabetsos Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Athens, GREECE Evelyn Vafeidou Ministry of Employment and Social Protection, Athens, GREECE Gyorgy Thuroczy Nat.Res.Insitute for Radiobiology, Budapest, HUNGARY Bob Hanna Department of Communications, Dublin, IRELAND Angelo Marino ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Roma, ITALY Guglielmo D’Inzeo Department of Electronic Engineering, Universita La Sapienza, Roma, ITALY Stanislaw Szmigielski Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, POLAND Jolanta Karpowicz Central Institute for Labour Protection, Warsaw, POLAND Peter Gajsek Institute of non-ionizing Radiation, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA Francisco Vargas Sanidad Ambiental y Salud Laboral, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid, SPAIN Pablo Fernández-Cid Servicio de Control de Proyectos de Radiocomunicaciones, Madrid, SPAIN Lars Mjones Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, Stockholm, SWEDEN Kjell Hansson Mild National Institute for Working Life, Umeå, SWEDEN 4 EIS-EMF Project Final report Mirjana Moser Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, SWITZERLAND Ginevra Delfini Ministry VROM, The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS Eric van Rongen Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS Graham Worsley Dept of Trade and Industry, London, UNITED KINGDOM Katy Collins Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, UNITED KINGDOM Associated members (from international organisations): Paolo Ravazzani Coordinator FP6 EMF-NET Action Norbert Leitgeb Chairman COST281 Action Michael Repacholi Coordinator WHO International EMF Project Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP 5 EIS-EMF Project Final report 6 EIS-EMF Project Final report Table of Contents Executive summary ..............................................................................13 1. Rationale & objectives of EIS-EMF................................................15 2. EIS-EMF concept and prototype development..............................16 2.1 Prototype description & development ....................................................... 16 2.2 Feasibility & user requirements................................................................. 18 3. EIS-EMF Prototype demonstration and deliverables...................19 3.1 Advisory board: Mission and role ............................................................. 19 3.2 EU Country reports on EMF and health issues ......................................... 20 3.3 EU Database on EMF exposure measurements and assessments ............. 21 3.4 Web-based gateway ................................................................................... 22 3.5 Interface EIS-EMF/EMF-NET and international collaboration................ 22 4. Project meetings and workshops.....................................................23 4.1 Advisory board meetings........................................................................... 23 4.2 Kick-off meeting, 1st Workshop on EMF risk perception and risk communication, and “Stakeholder dialogue” on EMF and health .................. 23 4.3 Coordination meetings with DG SANCO ................................................. 24 4.4 Proposed risk communication and “scientific evidence” workshops for 2005.................................................................................................................. 24 5. Participation at technical and coordination meetings on EMF and health (2003-2004).........................................................................25 6. Conclusion and recommendations ..................................................27 7 EIS-EMF Project Final report ANNEXES ANNEX 1. Advisory Board -Mission Statement................................29 ANNEX 2. Country Reports on EMF and Health: Sources, Regulations, and Risk Communication Approaches.........................33 Rationale & Objectives.................................................................................... 39 Reports structure and content - Common Layout............................................ 40 1. AUSTRIAN Report ..........................................................................43 2. BELGIUM Report............................................................................51 3. CZECH REPUBLIC Report ...........................................................61 4. DANISH Report ...............................................................................67 5. FINLAND Report.............................................................................73 6. FRENCH Report ..............................................................................77 7. GERMAN Report.............................................................................91 8. GREEK Report.................................................................................97 9. HUNGARIAN Report....................................................................105 10. IRISH Report................................................................................109 11. ITALIAN Report..........................................................................111 12. POLISH Report............................................................................119 13. SLOVENIAN Report ...................................................................127 14. SPANISH Report..........................................................................133 15. SWEDISH Report ........................................................................145 16. SWISS Report...............................................................................151 17. The NETHERLANDS Report.....................................................155 18. UK Report.....................................................................................161 ANNEX 3. EU Database on EMF Measurements & Assessments: Status Report on National Sources of RF Exposure of the General Population ...........................................................................................163 Foreword .............................................................................................167 Summary .............................................................................................167 1. Austria .............................................................................................171 2. Belgium............................................................................................175 8 EIS-EMF Project Final report 3. Czech Republic ...............................................................................179 4. Denmark..........................................................................................181 5. Estonia .............................................................................................183 6. Finland.............................................................................................184 7. France..............................................................................................185 8. Germany..........................................................................................188 9. Greece..............................................................................................198
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