HSE and Energy Regulatory Watch - April 2020

Discover new regulations and amendments to existing texts in the fields of energy, environment, and occupational health and safety, published in April 2020.

Marie Faucon
Consultante HSE
Publication : 
11.05.2020
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Please note: This article concerns French legislation. The requirements described may not apply in other countries.

The list below is an excerpt from publications in French and European official journals concerning environment, energy, and occupational health and safety for April 2020.

New Texts

Decree No. 2020-456 of April 21, 2020, concerning multi-year energy programming [JORF of April 23, 2020]

Decision 2020/519 of April 3, 2020, concerning the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, specific environmental performance indicators, and benchmarks of excellence for the waste management sector under Regulation No. 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) [OJEU of April 14, 2020]

Decree No. 2020-442 of April 16, 2020, relating to the components of the general tax on polluting activities [JORF of April 18, 2020]

Amended Texts

Order of January 24, 2014, establishing the list of operators allocated greenhouse gas emission allowances and the amount of free allowances allocated for the period 2013-2020 AMENDED BY the Order of April 20, 2020 [JORF of April 24, 2020]

Order of May 2, 2012, concerning the approvals of operators of end-of-life vehicle (ELV) centers and the approvals of operators of ELV shredding facilities AMENDED BY the Order of April 14, 2020 [JORF of April 25, 2020]

Order of September 7, 1999, concerning the storage procedures for infectious healthcare waste and similar waste and anatomical parts AMENDED BY the Order of April 20, 2020 [JORF of April 22, 2020]

Regulation No. 1907/2006 of December 18, 2006, concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) AMENDED BY Regulation 2020/507 of April 7, 2020, amending Regulation No. 1907/2006 as regards the percentage of registration dossiers to be selected for compliance checking [OJEU of April 7, 2020]

Order of September 4, 2014, establishing the list of elements for an energy savings certificate application and the documents to be archived by the applicant AMENDED BY the Order of March 25, 2020 [JORF of April 1, 2020]

Order of December 29, 2014, concerning the implementation procedures for the energy savings certificate scheme AMENDED BY:

  • the Order of March 25, 2020, concerning the "Insulation Boost" and "Heating Boost" schemes [JORF of April 1, 2020]
  • the Order of March 25, 2020 [JORF of April 1, 2020]

List of standardized energy saving operations AMENDED BY the Order of March 25, 2020, concerning the "Insulation Boost" and "Heating Boost" schemes [JORF of April 1, 2020]

Decree No. 2020-382 of March 31, 2020, amending the regulatory part of the Energy Code relating to regional grid connection schemes for renewable energies [JORF of April 2, 2020] AMENDING:

  • Energy Code Articles D. 321-10 to D. 321-21: The missions of the transmission system operator regarding the connection of renewable energies
  • Energy Code Articles D. 342-22 to D. 342-25: Regional grid connection scheme for renewable energies and establishment of the share

Tariff orders setting the conditions for the purchase and remuneration supplement for electricity produced fromrenewable energy sources or cogeneration plants AMENDED BY:

  • Order of 9 April 2020 setting the conditions for the feed-in tariff for electricity produced by floating offshore wind energy installations as referred to in point 7 of Article D. 314-15 of the Energy Code, with a maximum of 4 wind turbines [Official Journal of 11 April 2020]
  • Order of 30 March 2020 amending the order of 6 May 2017 setting the conditions for the remuneration supplement for electricity produced by wind power generation installations, with a maximum of six wind turbines [Official Journal of 1 April 2020]

Energy Code Articles D. 141-3 to D. 141-12-5 6: Specific provisions for electricity AMENDED BY Decree No. 2020-456 of 21 April 2020 relating to the multi-year energy program [Official Journal of 23 April 2020]

Environmental Code Articles D. 222-1-A to D. 222-1-I: Carbon budgets and national low-carbon strategy AMENDED BY Decree No. 2020-457 of 21 April 2020 relating to national carbon budgets and the national low-carbon strategy [Official Journal of 23 April 2020]

Order of 2 March 2015 relating to the prohibition of movement for goods transport vehicles during certain periods AMENDED BY Order of 24 April 2020 amending the order of 2 March 2015 relating to the prohibition of movement for goods transport vehicles during certain periods [Official Journal of 25 April 2020]

Regulation 2018/2067 of 19 December 2018 concerning the verification of data and the accreditation of verifiers AMENDED BY the corrigendum to Regulation 2018/2067 [Official Journal of the European Union of 27 April 2020]

Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles AMENDED BY the corrigendum to Directive 2020/362 of 17 December 2019 [Official Journal of the European Union of 3 April 2020]

Environmental Code Articles R. 222-13 to R. 222-36: Atmospheric protection plans AMENDED BY Decree No. 2020-483 of 27 April 2020 amending the Environmental Code concerning atmospheric protection plans [Official Journal of 29 April 2020]

Order of 31 July 2000 establishing the list of organisms harmful to plants, plant products and other objects subject to mandatory control measures AMENDED BY Order of 16 April 2020 establishing lists of harmful organisms under point 6 of Article L. 251-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code [Official Journal of 23 April 2020]