HSE and Energy Regulatory Watch for May 2022

French and European texts concerning environment, energy, and occupational health and safety from May 2022

Marie Faucon
Consultante HSE
Publication : 
08.06.2022
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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 from May 2022.

New texts

Order of April 13, 2022, specifying the substances contained in mineral oils whose use is prohibited on packaging and for printing intended for the public [JORF of May 3, 2022]

Energy Code Article D. 332-2: Supply contracts and offers CREATED BY Decree No. 2022-788 of May 6, 2022, setting out the terms of the tender procedure for the development of electricity storage capacities and specifying the term of fixed-price, fixed-term contracts as mentioned in Article L. 332-2 of the Energy Code [JORF of May 7, 2022]

Energy Code Articles D. 352-1 to D. 352-11: Tender procedure CREATED BY Decree No. 2022-788 of May 6, 2022, setting out the terms of the tender procedure for the development of electricity storage capacities and specifying the term of fixed-price, fixed-term contracts as mentioned in Article L. 332-2 of the Energy Code [JORF of May 7, 2022]

Amended texts

Regulation No. 1272/2008 of December 16, 2008, on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures AMENDED BY Delegated Regulation 2022/692 of February 16, 2022, and by its corrigendum of May 25, 2022 [OJEU of May 3, 2022]

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 the destruction of species likely to cause damage AMENDED BY the Order of February 16, 2022 [JORF of May 14, 2022]

Order of December 29, 2014, concerning the implementation procedures for the energy savings certificate scheme AMENDED BY the Order of May 13, 2022, modifying provisions of the energy savings certificate scheme [JORF of May 14, 2022]

Internal Security Code Articles R. 613-1 to R. 613-92: Private security activities - Terms of exercise AMENDED BY Decree No. 2022-777 of May 3, 2022, containing various implementing provisions for Law No. 2021-646 of May 25, 2021, on global security preserving freedoms regarding video surveillance and private security activities [JORF of May 4, 2022]

Order of July 27, 2004, concerning the technical inspection of heavy vehicles AMENDED BY the Order of May 10, 2022 [JORF of May 17, 2022]

Order of June 19, 2019, concerning asbestos detection before certain operations carried out on ships, boats, floating craft, and other floating structures AMENDED BY the Order of March 25, 2022, modifying the Order of June 19, 2019, concerning asbestos detection before certain operations carried out on ships, boats, floating craft, and other floating structures [JORF of May 3, 2022]

Order of September 28, 2021, concerning controls within the framework of the energy savings certificate scheme AMENDED BY the Order of April 20, 2022 [JORF of May 3, 2022]

Energy Code Articles R. 341-1 to R. 341-3: Tariffs for the use of public electricity transmission and distribution networks AMENDED BY Decree No. 2022-795 of May 9, 2022, concerning the enhanced coverage, via the public electricity network usage tariff, of connection costs associated with the addition of certain electrical equipment for low-voltage connected users [JORF of May 10, 2022]

Order of August 24, 2018, designating the body responsible for the national registry of guarantees of origin for electricity produced from renewable energy sources or by cogeneration and for the auctioning of guarantees of origin for electricity produced from renewable sources AMENDED BY the Order of May 12, 2022 [JORF of May 17, 2022]

Directive 2018/2001 of December 11, 2018, on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources AMENDED BY Delegated Regulation 2022/759 of December 14, 2021, amending Annex VII to Directive 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a methodology for calculating the amount of renewable energy used for cooling and district cooling [OJEU of May 18, 2022]