International audienceThis paper will first describe the evolutions of the concepts related to risk management for hazardous installations in France, in particular in the aspects related to the link between risk assessment and land-use planning. Then, the paper will present in details the main novelties introduced by the law of 30th July 2003, and the methods and tools that have been developed to enable its implementation. The results related to the cases studies carried in 2004 on several industrial sites will be presented and analyzed
