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At the end of last year, the ICPE nomenclature(classified installations) was modified by decree n°2014-1501 of December 12, 2014. On this occasion, the 5 headings were modified:
- 1185 (fluorinated greenhouse gases)
- 1310 and 4210 (explosives)
- 1432 (flammable liquids)
- 2760 (waste storage)
5 modified ICPE nomenclature headings
Heading 1185
This heading concerns the manufacture, use and storage of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-GHG). In concrete terms, it concerns installations such as chillers, air conditioners, heat pumps, etc. containing refrigerants.
The amendment replaces Regulation 842/2006 of May 17, 2006 in the heading with F-Gas Regulation (EU) No. 517/2014 of April 16, 2014, which repealed it and is now the reference text on this subject. This is therefore a regulatory adjustment.
Headings 1310-3.b and 4210-2.b
These headings concern mobile explosives manufacturing units (e.g.: machinery or equipment used in quarries or on public works sites)
The amendment removes the requirement for these mobile units to be periodically inspected by an approved body (i.e. the classification changes from 'DC' to 'D').
Heading 1432-1
This section concerns the storage of flammable liquids in manufactured tanks.
The amendment adds an AS (Autorisation avec Servitude) threshold, when the stored quantity of flammable liquids referred to in heading 1430 likely to be present is greater than or equal to 25,000 tonnes for heavy fuel oils in application of the Seveso 3 directive of July 4, 2012 and therefore to be consistent with the new heading 4734 which already mentions this threshold but which is not applicable until June 2015. The amendment to heading 1432 is applicable from December 13, 2014 until June 1, 2015.
Heading 2760
This heading concerns waste storage facilities other than those mentioned in heading 2720.
The activity of storing inert waste comes under the ICPE regime (creation of a point 3 in this heading 2760). The facilities concerned are directly subject to registration, with no submission threshold. They are no longer subject to the specific authorization regime specified in article L. 541-30-1 of the French Environment Code.
In addition, temporary storage facilities for metallic mercury waste that become classified facilities as of June 2015 will be classified without a threshold for authorization as of that date, and not as of the threshold of 200 tonnes of quantity likely to be present in the facility as Decree no. 2014-285 of March 3, 2014 initially provided.
Conclusion on changes to the ICPE nomenclature
These December 12, 2014 amendments came into force on December 13, 2014, with the exception of the provisions relating to inert waste storage and fluorinated greenhouse gases, which have applied since January 1, 2015.