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2. Regulatory context
Regulations governing the management of emergency situations go back a long way, and are closely linked to the major industrial accidents that have marked the industrial development of recent centuries. Very early on, legislators realized that, while fatalism and the imponderable could still apply to natural disasters due to their unpredictability, they no longer had any place when it came to industrial or technological risks.
Thus, in successive stages, "hazardous" establishments have been identified, listed and subjected to regulations that pursue two ambitious objectives: prevention and protection.
Emergency plans (internal or external) fall fully into the second category, and are designed to protect people, the environment and property in the event of an incident at a high-risk facility.
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Bibliography
Websites
Legifrance, the public website for the dissemination of law:
http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/
Regulatory information site on industrial environmental law, developed at the request of the Ministry of the Environment:
...Standards and norms
- Occupational Health and Safety. - OHSAS BS 18001 - 2007
- Guidelines for the implementation of OHSAS 18001 : 2007. - OHSAS BS 18002 - 2008
- Management de la qualité. - ISO 9001 - 2008
- Management environnemental. - ISO 14001 - 2004
- Système International d'Évaluation de la Sécurité (ou ISRS 6.0) développé par DNV. - SIES -
- Manuel d'amélioration sécurité des entreprises MASE-UIC développé...
Regulations
Environment Code.
Labour Code.
Decree no. 2007-1557 of November 2, 2007 on basic nuclear installations and the control, in terms of nuclear safety, of the transport of radioactive substances (JOFF no. 255 of November 3, 2007).
Public Health Code.
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