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Solange VIGER: Environmental lawyer
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Your facility is a Seveso high threshold establishment. You are required to set up a Safety Management System (SMS) at your facility, in compliance with the requirements laid down by ministerial decree.
This system must define the organization, functions, procedures and resources of all kinds aimed at preventing and dealing with major accidents.
You'd like to know what's at stake in this system, what it contains and what you need to communicate to the prefect.
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This article is an updated version of the fact sheet written by Sandrine CHEVILLON.
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