1. Understanding the challenges of the Safety Management System

The arrêté ministériel du 10 mai 2000 modifié document transposing the Seveso 2 directive emphasizes the prevention policy to be implemented by plants, requiring them to set up a management system and organization designed to prevent major accidents and limit their consequences.

In addition to the hazard assessment and the major accident prevention policy (MAPP), operators of "AS" plants are required to implement a safety management system (SMS).

This reinforcement of organizational requirements is linked to the findings of the MARS (Major Accident Reporting System) European accident database, which shows that organizational...