# EU Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC

> The public-exposure reference framework across the European Union, based on ICNIRP 1998, transposed into national law with varying strictness.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/eu-council-recommendation-1999-519-ec
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:eu-1999-519`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/eu-council-recommendation-1999-519-ec

## Key values

- **Organization:** Council of the European Union
- **Edition:** 1999
- **Jurisdiction:** EU
- **Frequency range:** DC – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Legally enforceable in at least one jurisdiction

## Scope

Covers 0 Hz to 300 GHz for the general public. Member states may and do legislate stricter values.

## Sources

- `eu-1999-519` Council of the European Union (1999). *Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)*. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31999H0519 — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

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