The need to adopt the notified interministerial decree, which concludes the provisional regime for the mandatory radiometric monitoring of the semi-finished metal products referred to in Article 2 of Legislative Decree No 100 of 1 June 2011, in order to take into account changes in the field of radiometric monitoring on scrap metals and other metal by-products and on semi-finished metal products to detect abnormal levels of radioactivity or any disused sources and to update the identification codes of product categories relating to the list of semi-finished metal products in line with changes at international level, pursuant to Annex I to said Legislative Decree, is explained in more detail in the preamble to the Explanatory Memorandum, which is attached to the notification under ‘Other texts’.

The notified decree specifies the implementation methods and contents of radiometric monitoring certificates and lists the semi-finished metal products which are subject to monitoring. Specifically, in addition to updating the identification codes of product categories relating to the list of semi-finished metal products in line with changes at international level, pursuant to Annex I to Legislative Decree No 100/2011, it specifies the contents of the radiometric monitoring certificate issued by qualified experts to the entities required to conduct the radiometric monitoring in question.