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Fire safety in residential buildings - Regulations and jurisprudence

News 2019

Following a number of fires in Europe and France, the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion and the Ministry of the Interior have jointly decided to strengthen the regulatory framework for facade work, in particular by limiting the risk of fires spreading from the outside. These new provisions will apply to all façade renovation work for which a prior declaration or building permit application is submitted from 1 ^er January 2020.

• The first decree concerns alterations to mid-rise residential buildings and specifies acceptable constructive solutions for renovations to these facades. It incorporates the provisions of the decree of May 16, 2019, and adds the technical details required for the choice of materials. The decree reminds us that the facade system...