French regulations and the Seveso Directive
Classified Installations for Environmental Protection (ICPE) - SEVESO Establishments
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French regulations and the Seveso Directive
Classified Installations for Environmental Protection (ICPE) - SEVESO Establishments

Author : Sylvain CHAUMETTE

Publication date: May 10, 2025 | Lire en français

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2. French regulations and the Seveso Directive

2.1 Major accidents and their impact on French regulations

  • The imperial decree of October 15, 1810, on factories and workshops that emit unhealthy or inconvenient odors, defined the basis for legislation on classified installations and laid the foundations for a nomenclature. The explosion at the Grenelle gunpowder factory on August 31, 1794, which killed over 1,000 people, seems to have been the reason for this decree

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