HSE and Energy Regulatory Watch for January 2021

An overview of the main HSE and energy regulatory texts published in January 2021: orders, decrees, and laws affecting businesses and local authorities.

Marie Faucon
Consultante HSE
Publication : 
03.02.2021
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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 of publications in the French and European official journals concerning environment, energy, and occupational health and safety from January 2021.

New Texts

Order of January 5, 2021, implementing Article R. 313-32-1 of the Highway Code concerning signage indicating blind spots on heavy vehicles [JORF of January 6, 2021]

Order of December 24, 2020, concerning asbestos detection before certain operations carried out on aircraft [JORF of January 22, 2021]

Order of January 4, 2021, setting the price of the carbon quota used in calculating aid granted for 2020 to companies exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage due to the costs of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system passed on to electricity prices [JORF of January 6, 2021]

Order of January 7, 2021, setting the categories of foodstuffs excluded from donation given the health risk that their preservation may entail [JORF of January 10, 2021]

Order of January 18, 2021, concerning national inventories and national projections of atmospheric pollutant emissions [JORF of January 19, 2021]

Order of December 22, 2020, concerning additional traffic prohibitions for goods transport vehicles for the year 2021 [JORF of January 1, 2021]

Order of December 21, 2020, organizing continuing education in first aid [JORF of January 5, 2021]

Order of January 6, 2021, granting a derogation from the Order of December 21, 2020, on the organization of continuing education in first aid [JORF of January 14, 2021]

Amended Texts

Order of April 10, 2020, concerning obligations for actions to reduce final energy consumption in tertiary sector buildings AMENDED BY the Order of November 24, 2020 [JORF of January 17, 2021]

Environmental Code Articles R. 511-9 to R. 511-12: Nomenclature of classified installations AMENDED BY Decision No. 426528 of December 30, 2020, of the Council of State ruling in litigation [JORF of January 10, 2021]

Order of December 31, 2018, issued for the application of Articles 266 sexies and 266 nonies of the Customs Code AMENDED BY the Order of December 28, 2020 [JORF of January 1, 2021]

Environmental Code Articles D. 541-310 to R. 541-351: Fight for reuse and against waste AMENDED BY Decree No. 2020-1828 of December 31, 2020, concerning the prohibition of certain single-use plastic products [JORF of January 1, 2021]

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 18, 2006, concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) AMENDED BY Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/57 of January 25, 2021, amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) as regards lead in gunshot used in or around wetlands [OJEU of January 26, 2021]

List of prohibited biocidal substances (Compilation of non-approval/non-inclusion decisions for active substances by product type) AMENDED BY Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/98 of January 28, 2021, refusing the approval of esbiothrin as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 18 [OJEU of January 29, 2021]

Energy Code Articles D. 453-20 to D. 453-25: Connection of biogas production facilities AMENDED BY Decree No. 2021-28 of January 14, 2021, modifying the annual ceiling for the aid scheme for strengthening natural gas distribution networks for the connection of biomethane production facilities [JORF of January 16, 2021]

Environmental Code Articles D. 222-37 to D. 222-401: National objectives for reducing atmospheric pollutant emissions AMENDED BY Decree No. 2021-33 of January 18, 2021, concerning national objectives for reducing emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants [Official Journal of January 19, 2021]

Environmental Code Articles L. 110-1 to L. 110-3: General principles AMENDED BY Law No. 2021-85 of January 29, 2021, aiming to define and protect the sensory heritage of French rural areas [Official Journal of January 30, 2021]

Order of May 19, 2020, establishing the categories of foodstuffs excluded from donation due to the health risk their preservation may entail REPEALED BY the Order of January 7, 2021, establishing the categories of foodstuffs excluded from donation due to the health risk their preservation may entail [Official Journal of January 10, 2021]

Order of July 13, 2012, establishing the rules applicable to the national approval of electronic breathalyzer interlock devices and their installation conditions in motor vehicles AMENDED BY the Order of December 7, 2020 [Official Journal of January 20, 2021]

Order of May 4, 2017, concerning the placing on the market and use of plant protection products and their adjuvants referred to in Article L. 253-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code AMENDED BY the Order of January 15, 2021, concerning measures for the protection of persons during the use of plant protection products in private properties, public places, and collective use areas [Official Journal of January 21, 2021]

Public Health Code Articles R. 4311-1 to D. 4311-15-1: Professional acts (nursing profession) AMENDED BY Decree No. 2021-97 of January 29, 2021, amending Decree No. 2019-678 of June 28, 2019, and enacting various measures relating to the withdrawal of registration of continuing professional development bodies or structures for health professions and to the acts of state-certified nurses [Official Journal of January 31, 2021]

Order of May 24, 2000, concerning the organization of continuing education in first aid REPEALED BY the Order of December 21, 2020, concerning the organization of continuing education in first aid [Official Journal of January 5, 2021]