Question 8769 — dangerous products

Summary

The attention of the Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition was drawn to the creation of a public asbestos eradication center which would be an independent administrative and legal structure, placed under the authority of political, union, associative and citizen bodies, whose mission would be framed by specifications as part of a multi-year plan decided during the security financing bill social (PLFSS). It should be remembered that in a July 2014 report, the Senate Social Affairs Committee raised the need to ensure the coordination of actions in the field of asbestos and recommended the establishment of “an interministerial structure, endowed with real decision-making power”. It is for this purpose that the interministerial asbestos action plan (PAIA) was put in place, at the initiative of the Prime Minister in December 2015, for a period of three years (until December 31, 2018). It is a continuation of the national working group “Asbestos and fibers” (GT NAF) created by decree no. 2008-101 of January 31, 2008 and renewed in 2013 for a period of four years, which made it possible to organize technical discussions between all the stakeholders concerned by the subject of asbestos. Given the transversality of the problem of asbestos, the PAIA involves the ministries responsible for labor, health, housing and the environment and breaks down State action in the field of asbestos into 5 axes and 23 actions: Axis 1: Strengthen and adapt the communication and dissemination of information of all the actors concerned; Axis 2: Improve and accelerate professionalization; Axis 3: Facilitate and support the implementation of the regulation ; Axis 4: Support research and development approaches on asbestos; Axis 5: Equip yourself with knowledge, monitoring and evaluation tools. The PAIA thus makes it possible to amplify the initiatives of all the stakeholders concerned on common strategic objectives and to identify priorities with regard to the resources that can be mobilized. It involves the entire sector in a collective approach which combines both the rise in competence of stakeholders in matters of asbestos and the standardization of practices in order to guarantee, throughout the national territory, equal treatment of workers. This plan, focused mainly on the construction sector, is intended to improve risk prevention for the general population and workers by facilitating the implementation of regulations, supporting the increase in skills of stakeholders in the different areas of activity concerned and supporting research and development approaches. Given its upcoming term on December 31, 2018, it appeared relevant to the four lead ministries that an evaluation be carried out, through a joint mission of the General Inspection of Administration (IGA), the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) and the General Council for Environment and Development sustainable development (CGEDD), whose work will particularly focus on the following points: evaluate the work implemented within the framework of the PAIA over the period 2015-2018 and formulate recommendations on the continuation of the actions of this plan; decide on the possibility and conditions in which the governance of the PAIA would replace the GT NAF; decide on the most relevant interministerial exchange format to address the “natural asbestos” theme; take stock of the application of “asbestos” regulations in buildings (priority public health aspect). The conclusions of this referral are expected in the first half of 2019 in order to allow an informed decision regarding the optimization of the PAIA system and its missions.

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