In the event of another emergency (technical incident, fire etc):

• ESRF (control room): dial 10 or unhook an ESRF red phone
• ILL/EMBL/CIBB (ILL control room) : dial 12 or unhook an ILL/EMBL/CIBB red phone

All users must comply with French safety regulations and the administrative and safety regulations of each institute. Any equipment supplied by the user must comply with the relevant French regulations. The experiment proposal should clearly indicate whether there are any particular safety requirements for the experiment, such as the use of radioactive isotopes or chemically or biologically hazardous materials.

Users coming to perform experiments should read all the recommendations carefully before they arrive, to ensure they have the time they need to prepare their experiment and get help if needed. Do not hesitate to contact the institutes' safety staff if you encounter difficulties with documents, regulations or procedures. Some procedures take several weeks or months to process.

Please refer to the specific safety pages for each institute:

• ILL Safety Regulations
• ESRF Safety Regulations

If you wear a pace-maker or any other ferromagnetic device (artificial joint, implant, etc.), please contact the Medical Service before you enter the experimental areas. The Medical Service is situated in building ILL 4 opposite the canteen; it is open Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 12:15 and from 13:15 to 17:00, should you need advice or help.  
Before you leave your country, please make sure that you have the following forms:

• E101: Any employee working in two or more countries of the European Economic Area needs to hold an E101 form. This document certifies that the holder continues to pay social security in his/her country whilst working temporarily in another EU country. This means that the holder will not be required to pay national insurance or similar contributions in other EEA countries.

Plus either:

• a European Health Insurance Card (known in France as the “Carte Européenne d’Assurance Maladie” - CEAM), For those on detachment in France; valid for 12 months only.

or

• Form E106, for those on detachment in France for over 12 months (including for the second year of a detachment initially foreseen for only 12 months).
  
  

These documents certify that the holder is temporarily affiliated to the French Social Security and is therefore entitled to medical treatment, partially or entirely reimbursed by the French Social Security, whilst working in France.

Prior to departure, the employer should contact the international relations branch of the social security system of his/her country, which will prepare and complete the forms accordingly.

You will be asked to provide them by the French Social Security in case of illness or work-related accident.

You do not need any of the above forms, as you are not entitled to temporary affiliation to the French national health service. You should keep all invoices and receipts for submission to your own national health authorities and/or private insurance company.

We would like to inform you that French safety regulations require us to ask all users of instrument PF2 to provide a medical certificate (or an equivalent certificate from their employer) stating that they are fit to work with ionising radiation and that their state of health is regularly monitored in their home laboratory, i.e. that they are classed as Designated Radiation Workers.

The whole experimental team must make sure that they obtain the certificates before their arrival. They must hand the certificates over to the reactor security staff when being issued their dosimeter film badges.

Failure to do so means that they will be refused access to the experimental area on PF2 (reactor Level D).

ILL users

Please refer to ILL's User Guide safety page for special instructions concerning pregnancy.