Classified installations for environmental protection (ICPE) - Parts list

The ICPE nomenclature is a management tool that enables all facility operators, whatever their field of activity (health, industry, agri-food, etc.), to check whether their facilities are listed in this nomenclature, and thus to identify their regulatory obligations with regard to the operation of certain facilities considered as potentially hazardous or inconvenient.

Installations are classified according to a nomenclature:

• headings 1000 and 4000: depending on the substances used;

• headings 2000 and 3000: depending on the activities carried out.

Thresholds are set for each heading, and when they are exceeded, they trigger the application of specific regulatory requirements (standard ministerial decree or prefectoral decree).

The ICPE nomenclature is the reference document that classifies installations under the :

• declaration (D), sometimes subject to periodic inspection (DC) under Article L. 512-11 of the Environmental Code (C) (see articles [G 1 017] and [G 4 230]);

• of registration (E) (see article [G 4 240]);

• or authorization (A), according to thresholds defined by decree (see article [G 1 018]).

Installations classified for environmental protection (ICPE) are defined in a nomenclature of classified installations established by decree of the Conseil d'État. The ICPE nomenclature, appended to article R. 511-9 of the French Environment Code, is subject to modification...