Description

It is essential to know environmental legislation. This course will introduce you to the regulations in force, the environmental responsibilities as well as the obligations of the various stakeholders involved.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Heads of establishments, lawyers who are not DE specialists, managers of environmental and/or security departments, project managers.

Prerequisites

None.

Training objectives

Identify environmental responsibilities within operational activities Know the environmental regulations and the obligations of the different stakeholders Identify organizations and texts involved in environmental issues Inventory the origins of risks

Training program

• Introduction: Environmental Law (ED)
  • Definition in French Law, according to the environmental code.
  • Environmental law, branch of law.
  • Characteristics of environmental law environment.
  • A heterogeneous, technical, evolving, prospective law.
  • Exercise: The different areas of DE.
• The major issues
  • The main areas of the DE.
  • Nuisance, waste, storage of dangerous materials, energy, pollution: decree 2011-828.
  • The experiments at the origin of DE.
  • Seveso, Bophal, Chernobyl, Three Thousand Islands, Toulouse, Fukushima.
  • Case study The AZF factory in Toulouse .
• Facilities Classified for Environmental Protection (ICPE)
  • Orders and nomenclature of classified installations.
  • Declarations, authorizations and registrations.
  • Impact and danger studies and procedures.
  • The prefectural decree: application and effects.
  • The Seveso classification.
  • Exercise: Deep in depth on the different areas and identify the main stakeholders concerned.
• Environmental stakeholders
  • Institutions and communities.
  • Companies.
  • Associations and individuals.
  • The rural world.
  • Case study Judgment of the Court of Cassation.
• The legislative and regulatory framework
  • The different codes: Environment, Public Health, Territorial Communities.
  • The environmental charter.
  • The sub-branches of the DE : air, water, sea, soil, biodiversity, noise, classified installations, energy.
  • International environmental law: more than 300 conventions and treaties, the ECOLEX portal.
  • Community law, treaties, regulations and directives (CLP, ADR, REACH, RoHs, RSDE, LAURE.
  • ).
  • Environmental standards: ISO 14001, 26000, OHSAS 18001 , the QSE system.
  • Exercise: Safety data sheets (MSDS).
• Environmental taxation and sanctions
  • Taxes and fees.
  • Dissuasive and positive taxation.
  • Real estate taxation (HQE label).
  • Civil sanctions, criminal and administrative.
  • The crime of ecological terrorism.
  • Case study Case law of the Court of Cassation and the ISO 14001 standard.