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 2022.
New texts
- Order of January 25, 2022, concerning the technical file required for contained use of genetically modified organisms as provided for in Articles R. 532-6, R. 532-14, R. 532-26, as well as the risk assessment file provided for in Article L. 532-3 of the Environmental Code [JORF of January 30, 2022]
- Order of December 21, 2021, setting the criteria for exiting waste status for developments consisting of excavated natural soil and managed within a major development or infrastructure project [JORF of January 5, 2022]
- Order of December 21, 2021, concerning the certificate mentioned in Article D. 543-284 of the Environmental Code [JORF of January 30, 2022]
Modified texts
- Order of November 18, 2021, establishing the list of industrial platforms provided for by Article L. 515-48 of the Environmental Code MODIFIED BY the Order of January 6, 2022 [JORF of January 14, 2022]
- Environmental Code Articles D. 543-288 to D. 543-290 Articles R.543-288 to R.543-290-12: Waste from construction materials, products and equipment Construction products or materials from the building sector MODIFIED BY Decree No. 2021-1941 of December 31, 2021, concerning extended producer responsibility for construction products and materials in the building sector [JORF of January 1, 2022]
- Environmental Code Articles R. 541-86 to R. 541-178: General provisions concerning extended producer responsibility MODIFIED BY Decree No. 2021-1941 of December 31, 2021, concerning extended producer responsibility for construction products and materials in the building sector [JORF of January 1, 2022]
- Construction and Housing Code Articles R. 171-10 to R. 171-12: Heating and cooling of buildings MODIFIED BY Decree No. 2022-8 of January 5, 2022, concerning the minimum environmental performance result for the installation of heating or domestic hot water production equipment in a building [JORF of January 6, 2022]
- Order of January 24, 2014, establishing the list of operators to whom greenhouse gas emission allowances are allocated and the amount of allowances allocated free of charge for the period 2013-2020 MODIFIED BY:
- Order of January 5, 2022 [JORF of January 12, 2022]
- Corrigendum to the Order of October 14, 2021, amending the Order of January 24, 2014, establishing the list of operators to whom greenhouse gas emission allowances are allocated and the amount of allowances allocated free of charge for the period 2013-2020 [JORF of January 15, 2022]
- Order of July 18, 2018, concerning the certificate mentioned in Article D. 543-284 of the Environmental Code REPEALED BY the Order of December 21, 2021, concerning the certificate mentioned in Article D. 543-284 of the Environmental Code, effective from January 1 , 2023 [JORF of January 30, 2022]
- Order of March 28, 2012, concerning the technical file required for contained use of genetically modified organisms as provided for in Articles R. 532-6, R. 532-14 and R. 532-26 of the Environmental Code REPEALED BY the Order of January 25, 2022, concerning the technical file required for contained use of genetically modified organisms as provided for in Articles R. 532-6, R. 532-14, R. 532-26, as well as the risk assessment file provided for in Article L. 532-3 of the Environmental Code [JORF of January 30, 2022]
- Order of November 8, 2019, concerning the skills of natural persons operating in the identification, periodic assessment of the state of preservation of asbestos-containing materials and products, and post-work visual inspection in built properties ANNULLED BY Decision No. 436420 of December 30, 2021, of the Council of State ruling on litigation [JORF of January 12, 2022]
- Highway Code Articles R. 311-1 to D. 311-4: General Provisions and Definitions AMENDED BY Decree No. 2022-31 of January 14, 2022 concerning the regulation of light cyclomobiles and amending the Highway Code [JORF of January 15, 2022]
- Directive 2019/1831 of October 24, 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values AMENDED BY the Corrigendum to Directive 2019/1831 [OJEU of January 24, 2022]
- Defense Code, Articles R. 2352-1 to R. 2352-6: Common Provisions AMENDED BY Decree No. 2022-57 of January 24, 2022 concerning the regime for the import, export, transfer, and transit of explosive products and amending the Defense Code [JORF of January 26, 2022]
- Defense Code Articles R. 2352-21 to R. 2352-121: Explosive Products for Civilian Use AMENDED BY Decree No. 2022-57 of January 24, 2022 concerning the regime for the import, export, transfer, and transit of explosive products and amending the Defense Code [JORF of January 15, 2022]
- 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 25, 2022 concerning measures for the protection of persons during the use of plant protection products [JORF of January 26, 2022]
- Order of October 14, 2019 concerning the control of the manufacture and trade of drug precursors AMENDED BY the Order of January 4, 2022 concerning the abolition of the requirement for companies to present an extract from the trade and companies register or the trades directory in their administrative procedures [JORF of January 26, 2022]





