The decrees of 4 April 2002, 24 March 2003 and 2003-295 of 31 March, mentioned above, are codified in chapter III "Ionising Radiation" of part III of book III of the new regulatory part of the Public Health Code (art. R.1333-1 to R.1333-92). Decree 2003-296 of 31 March 2003 is codified in section 8 "Prevention of the risk of exposure to ionising radiation" in chapter I of part III of book II of the second part of the Labour Code.

The following overall architecture was adopted for updating of this legislative and regulatory framework:

Section 7 "Emergency situations and long-term exposure" of chapter III of part III of book III of the Public Health Code was supplemented by decree 2005-1179 of 13 September 2005 concerning radiological emergency situations, in order to complete transposition of Council directive No 89/618/Euratom of 27 November 1989 on informing the general public about health protection measures to be applied and steps to be taken in the event of a radiological emergency.

Effective implementation of the new regulatory provisions remains dependent on the publication of numerous orders: 25 were published between July 2003 and December 2005, and 7 are still to be published in 2006. However, transposition of the above-mentioned directives 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 89/618/Euratom is considered to be complete. Completion of transposition of these three directives in 2005 was accompanied by work to update the provisions of chapter III "Ionising radiation" of part III of book III of the Public Health Code, with the following goals:
– to transpose Council directive No 2003/122/Euratom of 22 December 2003 on the control of high-activity sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources;
– to introduce administrative simplification measures, particularly with regard to the ionising radiation source licensing and notification procedures, incorporating the experience acquired in application of the new regulations;
– to supplement requirements concerning supervision of radiation protection;
– to provide clarifications and additional data in the wording of a number of provisions already in force.

A draft decree, subject to extensive discussion with the various parties concerned, as well as the general public (consultation on the ASN's website in September 2005), was produced and notified for information to the European Commission (under the terms of article 33 of the Euratom treaty). Its publication is scheduled for the second half of 2006.