3. Inspections

3.1 General approach

Any inspection planned by the European Commission or the IAEA in France begins with the transmission by the organization of an inspection notification. During a European Commission or IAEA inspection, it is France that is inspected, even if the inspection actually takes place on the site of a French manufacturer (e.g. AREVA or EDF). Inspections are carried out either by European inspectors, or by IAEA inspectors who have been accredited by the French authorities.

The remainder of this section describes the approach adopted for European Commission inspections, which are by far the most numerous in France compared with IAEA inspections. These inspections are laid down directly in the EURATOM treaty, with no other specific document specifying...