Conclusion

The obligations of an ICPE operator, whether the facility is subject to declaration, registration or authorization, are unquestionably administrative and technical in nature.

Based on the special administrative regulations governing classified facilities, these obligations require the operator to have the technical and financial capacity to manage the facility in a way that is respectful of the environment and human health: responsibility for the administrative application file, compliance with technical specifications, implementation of the best available techniques, etc. But they also require the operator to be more transparent about the environmental and health consequences of his activities, about changes in his operations, about exceptional events, about the substances and products used. But they also require the operator to be more transparent about the environmental...