1. Identify the regulatory requirements and technical specifications applicable to your installations

You need to start by identifying the regulatory requirements and technical specifications that apply to your installations.

Whereas regulatory requirements are a matter of administrative procedure (verification of the administrative regime applicable to facilities, submission of a regular and complete declaration file, commissioning on receipt of a declaration receipt), technical specifications are laid down in ministerial decrees, standard decrees or prefectoral decrees applicable to facilities. These orders apply to each of the headings in the nomenclature, and apply automatically to new installations. They also specify the deadlines and conditions under which they apply to existing installations. Technical specifications cover, for example, the size of retention basins, fire-retardant walls or doors, access for firefighters, emission limit values for water or...