3. Control and monitoring of operations
A distinction must be made between control and monitoring of the classified facility:
control of the classified facility is the responsibility of the administrative authority, which has sole police powers. It may be carried out by inspection bodies approved by the administrative authority, but these bodies do not have police powers;
plant monitoring is the responsibility of the operator, even though it has been imposed by the administrative authority and is reported to the same authority.
Figure 3 shows the regulatory and administrative ecosystem...
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Bibliography
Websites
Public service for the dissemination of law. Official Journal news. Access to codes. Documentation service of the General Secretariat of the Government:
Environmental inspection website :
...Standards and norms
- Critères généraux pour le fonctionnement des différents types d'organismes procédant à l'inspection. - NF EN ISO/CEI 17020 - 2012
- Environmental management systems – Requirements and guidelines for use. - ISO 14001 - 2015
- Systèmes de management de la santé et de la sécurité au travail. - ISO 45001 - 2018
Regulations
French regulations (codes)
Environment Code (legislative and regulatory parts).
Code de l'urbanisme (legislative and regulatory parts).
Public Health Code (legislative and regulatory parts).
Code général des collectivités territoriales (legislative part and regulatory part).
European regulations (non-exhaustive list)
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Statistical and economic data
The figures below are taken from the Ministry of Ecology's 2018 balance sheet:
500,000 facilities, of which 25,000 are subject to authorization and 16,000 to registration.
1,312 facilities subject to authorization are classified as Seveso, including 705 with high thresholds and 607 with low thresholds.
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