Environment and projects · France and Switzerland : separate country-labelled rules
Industrial project: environmental approvals map
An industrial project may involve environmental assessment, operating permissions and planning controls that answer different questions. France's ICPE classifications are not Swiss legal categories. The project map links technical characteristics, proposed activities and existing decisions. It identifies the approvals needing examination without classifying an installation from a trade name or treating one permission as clearance for every environmental requirement.
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Which substances and capacities are documented?
Keep verified processes, volumes and features. An unsupported estimate does not select a regulatory threshold.
Read the referencesYour question concerns “Industrial project: environmental approvals map”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?
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Which industrial activity needs classification?
Describe existing or planned operations and installations. Environmental operating permission is not simply a home-building permit.
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Sont soumises à autorisation les installations qui présentent de graves dangers ou inconvénients pour les intérêts mentionnés à l'article L. 511-1.
In plain English: No. LPE10a/10b concern environmental impact assessment and report within the actual approval route. They create no identical French category system.
Which substances and capacities are documented?
Keep verified processes, volumes and features. An unsupported estimate does not select a regulatory threshold.
Which French category and regime are relied upon?
L512-1, L512-7 and L512-8 distinguish authorisation, registration and declaration. The actual current nomenclature and connected activities remain necessary.
Which authority decisions exist?
Gather applications, conditions and responses. The worksheet grants no operating permission and automatically classifies no installation.
Which records are still missing from your file?
Indicate which records you have. The result identifies gaps and prepares a complete question for Julie, without requiring an account.
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Point to complete: Authority and decisions. Gather applications, conditions and responses. The worksheet grants no operating permission and automatically classifies no installation.
- Actual industrial activity
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- Substances and capacity
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- Category and regime
- Record available
- Authority and decisions
- Needs checking
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- Which authority decisions exist?
This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.
Does Switzerland have the same ICPE registration system?
No. LPE10a/10b concern environmental impact assessment and report within the actual approval route. They create no identical French category system.
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Which Swiss list and approvals remain to check?
Actual OEIE installation type, thresholds and sectoral or cantonal approvals require the project's facts. No invented threshold is supplied here.
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Which documents answer which questions?
| Record or information | Issue to check |
|---|---|
| Actual industrial activity | Describe existing or planned operations and installations. Environmental operating permission is not simply a home-building permit. |
| Substances and capacity | Keep verified processes, volumes and features. An unsupported estimate does not select a regulatory threshold. |
| Category and regime | L512-1, L512-7 and L512-8 distinguish authorisation, registration and declaration. The actual current nomenclature and connected activities remain necessary. |
| Authority and decisions | Gather applications, conditions and responses. The worksheet grants no operating permission and automatically classifies no installation. |
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Does an earlier approval cover every activity change?
No assumption is made. Document the modification and existing conditions before assessing its legal effect.
What does the operating file prepare?
It connects activity, measurements, category and authority. It guarantees no opening and replaces no technical study.
What other questions arise in this file?
Which substances and capacities are documented?
Keep verified processes, volumes and features. An unsupported estimate does not select a regulatory threshold.
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Which authority decisions exist?
Gather applications, conditions and responses. The worksheet grants no operating permission and automatically classifies no installation.
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Does Switzerland have the same ICPE registration system?
No. LPE10a/10b concern environmental impact assessment and report within the actual approval route. They create no identical French category system.
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Does an earlier approval cover every activity change?
No assumption is made. Document the modification and existing conditions before assessing its legal effect.
Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Code de l’environnement art.L512-8814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnement814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnement
Which official references should you consult?
- Code de l’environnement art.L512-1Légifrance
- Code de l’environnement art.L512-7Légifrance
- Code de l’environnement art.L512-8Légifrance
- 814.01 : Art. 10 a Étude de l’impact sur l’environnementFedlex
- 814.01 : Art. 10 b Rapport relatif à l’impact sur l’environnementFedlex
Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026