HSE and Energy Regulatory Watch for June 2022

Each month, discover our HSE & Energy regulatory watch. Here are the main texts published in the Official Journal in June 2022 concerning environment, energy, and occupational health and safety.

Marie Faucon
Consultante HSE
Publication : 
05.07.2022
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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 for June 2022.

New texts

Commission Implementing Regulation 2022/996 of 14 June 2022 concerning rules for verifying compliance with sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction criteria and criteria for low indirect land-use change risk [OJEU of 27 June 2022]

Order of 10 June 2022 establishing the specifications for eco-organisations, individual schemes, and coordinating bodies of the extended producer responsibility scheme for construction products and materials in the building sector [JORF of 21 June 2022]

Energy Code Articles R. 353-13-1 to R. 353-13-3: Collective charging infrastructure in multi-occupancy buildings CREATED BY Decree No. 2022-959 of 29 June 2022 concerning no-cost agreements between electric vehicle charging infrastructure operators and owners, or homeowners' associations, for the installation of collective infrastructure in the building [JORF of 30 June 2022]

Order of 16 June 2022 approving laboratories or bodies to carry out certain types of sampling and analysis of substance emissions into the atmosphere [JORF of 22 June 2022]

Commission Recommendation of 10 June 2022 concerning the definition of nanomaterials [OJEU of 14 June 2022].

Modified texts

Ordinance No. 2022-839 of 1 June 2022 concerning agents of the National Forestry Office [JORF of 22 June 2022] MODIFIES :

  • Environmental Code Articles L. 216-1 to L. 216-13: Provisions concerning controls and sanctions
  • Environmental Code Articles L. 231-1 to L. 231-5: General harm to physical environments
  • Environmental Code Articles L. 541-1 to L. 541-50: Waste prevention and management

Energy Code Articles L. 141-1 to L. 141-12: Assessment of needs and planning of energy capacities MODIFIED BY Ordinance No. 2022-887 of June 14, 2022, providing for partial coverage by the State, in areas not connected to the continental metropolitan grid, of costs associated with converting the use of liquefied petroleum gas networks to electricity or renewable energies [JORF of June 15, 2022]

Decree No. 2022-901 of June 17, 2022, relating to war materials, weapons, and ammunition, as well as sensitive operations concerning national defense or national security [JORF of June 18, 2022] MODIFIED :

  • Environmental Code Articles R. 125-1 to R. 125-28 and Articles D. 125-29 to D. 125-34: Other Information Methods
  • Environmental Code Articles R. 181-1 to D. 181-57: Environmental Authorization
  • Environmental Code Articles R. 515-39 to R. 515-51: Installations Subject to a Technological Risk Prevention Plan
  • Environmental Code Articles R. 557-1-1 to R. 557-5-5: General Provisions Common to All Hazardous Equipment or Products

Order of July 3, 2019, issued for the application of Article R. 427-6 of the Environmental Code and establishing the list, periods, and methods for destroying species likely to cause damage MODIFIED BY Decree No. 2022-919 of June 21, 2022, extending the validity period of the amended Order of July 3, 2019, issued for the application of Article R. 427-6 of the Environmental Code and establishing the list, periods, and methods for destroying species likely to cause damage [JORF of June 22, 2022]

Order of December 17, 2021, approving laboratories or organizations to carry out certain types of sampling and analysis of substance emissions into the atmosphere REPEALED BY the Order of June 16, 2022, approving laboratories or organizations to carry out certain types of sampling and analysis of substance emissions into the atmosphere [JORF of June 22, 2022]

Decree No. 2020-1361 of November 7, 2020, establishing aid for decarbonization investments in industrial production tools MODIFIED BY Decree No. 2022-922 of June 22, 2022 [JORF of June 23, 2022]

Construction and Housing Code Articles R. 113-6 to R. 113-17: Electric Vehicle Parking and Bicycle Parking Infrastructure MODIFIED BY Decree No. 2022-930 of June 25, 2022, relating to the securing of bicycle parking infrastructure in buildings [JORF of June 26, 2022]

Order of April 20, 2012, establishing the conditions for the issuance, delivery, and validity of driving licenses MODIFIED BY the Order of June 2, 2022, amending several ministerial orders relating to driving licenses [JORF of June 12, 2022]

Order of July 1, 2016, relating to the certification of training organizations for private security activities and private investigation activities MODIFIED BY the Order of June 10, 2022, issued in application of Decree No. 2021-631 of May 21, 2021, relating to the abolition of the requirement for companies to present an extract of registration in the trade and companies register or the trades directory in their administrative procedures [JORF of June 22, 2022]

Order of December 9, 2010, relating to the granting of rebates on contributions or advances or subsidies or to the imposition of additional contributions concerning work accidents or occupational diseases MODIFIED BY the Order of June 21, 2022, providing for a derogation from certain provisions of the Order of December 9, 2010, relating to the granting of rebates on contributions or advances or subsidies or to the imposition of additional contributions concerning work accidents or occupational diseases [JORF of June 23, 2022].