5. Major risk prevention organization

Regulations governing Seveso establishments, and more particularly those with a high threshold, require the implementation of a specific organization for the prevention of major risks, including incident response.

Operators of Seveso plants are required to put in place a specific major-accident prevention policy, an internal operations plan and, in the case of high-threshold plants, a safety management system.

For their part, prefects are required to draw up a special response plan, while the inspectorate for classified installations is required to carry out periodic inspections of these establishments.

Finally, since December 2020, and following the Rouen fire of 2019, the Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses sur les risques industriels (BEA-RI) has been set up to carry out technical investigations into the most significant...