Question 12228 — security of property and people

Summary

Mr. Jérôme Buisson wishes to draw the attention of the Minister of the Interior to Decree No. 2025-1100 of November 19, 2025, relating to fire safety and the reorganization of the provisions applicable to buildings for professional use. The latter aims to clarify the conditions for implementing solutions with equivalent effect in terms of fire safety and to transfer certain rules from the labor code to the construction and housing code. This text also introduces a substantial modification of the procedures for examining requests for authorization to open establishments open to the public (ERP) of the 5th category, to the extent that, for these establishments excluding sleeping quarters, the compulsory instruction regarding fire safety is removed, replaced by simple information from the police authority. accompanying a succinct description of the work envisaged. This regulatory development is part of a broader context of simplification of administrative procedures for traders and project leaders for opening bars, restaurants and night establishments. However, it comes the day after a tragic fire in Crans-Montana, which revealed serious shortcomings in fire safety in a establishment open to the public, with numerous victims. In this context, it appears essential to reconcile the reduction of regulatory formalities with the imperative need to guarantee a high level of safety for users and workers. The prevention of major risks and the trust of citizens in public authorities are at stake. Consequently, he asks him to specify what are the objectives pursued by the Government by removing the obligation to examine opening requests for fire safety purposes for 5th category ERPs excluding sleeping quarters; how the Government ensures that this simplification will not lead to a weakening of the level of security, particularly for establishments open to the public (bars, restaurants, nightclubs, nightclubs) whose attendance can be high in the evening or at night; what guarantees are provided so that “solutions of equivalent effect” are correctly interpreted and implemented by project owners who are not necessarily fire safety specialists; if the Government considers additional control, training or support measures for ERP project leaders to prevent a disengagement from instruction from resulting in increased risks for occupants and whether, in light of the Crans-Montana fire, revisions or adaptations of the decree are envisaged to strengthen prevention and control systems in particularly exposed establishments.

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