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The list below is an excerpt of publications in the French and European official journals concerning environment, energy, and occupational health and safety for May 2023.
ENVIRONMENT
Surface treatment facilities (category 3260): strengthening of requirements related to fire risk
Order of June 30, 2006, concerning general requirements applicable to facilities subject to authorization under category no. 3260 of the nomenclature of classified facilities for environmental protection, amended by the Order of April 20, 2023 [Official Journal of May 25, 2023]
Key changes include:
- Modification of the definition of a new installation
- Additional requirements regarding smoke extraction and electrical installations
- Definition of firefighting measures
- Strengthening of design requirements for surface treatment facilities
General requirements applicable to Classified Facilities for Environmental Protection (ICPE) subject to registration under categories no. 2564 and no. 2565: strengthening of requirements related to fire risk
Order of June 30, 2006, concerning general requirements applicable to facilities subject to authorization under category no. 3260 of the nomenclature of classified facilities for environmental protection, amended by the Order of April 20, 2023 [Official Journal of May 25, 2023]
Key changes include:
- New requirements for premises housing equipment with a risk of electrical failure
- Mandatory automatic fire detection
- Obligation for an annual inspection of electrical installations, focusing particularly on hot spot detection (thermography or equivalent) from the 1st1st January 2024
- Strengthening design provisions for surface treatment facilities
Declaration or application for authorization concerning damage to tree-lined avenues and tree alignments bordering public roads
Environmental Code Articles R. 350-20 to R. 350-31: Tree-lined avenues and tree alignments bordering public roads established by Decree No. 2023-384 of May 19, 2023, concerning the protection regime for tree-lined avenues and tree alignments bordering public roads [Official Journal of May 21, 2023]
As a reminder, it is forbidden to cut down or damage tree-lined avenues and tree alignments bordering public roads, to compromise the preservation or radically alter the appearance of one or more trees in an avenue or alignment (with exceptions).
These articles of the Environmental Code define the content and procedures for the declaration or application for authorization required to carry out operations affecting tree-lined avenues and tree alignments bordering public roads, as well as the penalties provided for non-compliance.
SAFETY
List of microorganisms and toxins (MOT) posing a risk to public health
Order of April 26, 2023, establishing the list of microorganisms and toxins provided for in Article L. 5139-1 of the Public Health Code [Official Journal of May 28, 2023]
This order updates the list of MOTs whose use could pose a risk to public health. As a reminder, any operation involving the production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offering, transfer, acquisition, and use of these MOTs and products containing them must be authorized by the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM).