1. ASN OBJECTIVES IN EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE
The nuclear plant population regulated by the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) is one of the largest and most diverse in the world. ASN therefore devotes considerable efforts to its relations with its foreign counterparts.
1.1 ASN international actions
Article 9 of the of TSN Act states that “The Nuclear Safety Authority sends the Government its proposals to define the French position in international negotiations in the fields of its competence” and that “it participates, on request by the Government, in the French representation in the bodies of international organisations and of the European Communities competent in these fields”. Finally, the Article states that “To implement international agreements or European Union regulations relative to radiological emergency situations, the Nuclear Safety Authority is empowered to warn and inform the authorities of third States or to receive their warnings and information”. These legislative arrangements underpin the legitimacy of ASN’s international actions.
ASN is thus required to devote considerable resources to cooperative work, both in a multilateral context and as part of bilateral agreements with its foreign counterparts, with the aim of contributing to strengthening the culture of safety and radiation protection around the world, and with the goal of becoming recognised as an “international benchmark”.
1.2 Europe
Europe is ASN’s priority area for international action, thus making a contribution to European construction.
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The nuclear plant population regulated by the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) is one of the largest and most diverse in the world. ASN therefore devotes considerable efforts to its relations with its foreign counterparts. 
