Abstract: International audience; Recently, regarding the explosion of AZF, she French Supreme administrative court, the State Council (Conseil d’Etat) estimated that the state department charged with the inspection of the industrial activities (DREAL – Direction Régional de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement et du Logement) did not commit any negligence in the inspection of the plant and had no part of the responsibility in the accident. The judges based their decision on the fact that in the safety report, elaborated in 1990 by the industrial,...
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