DUERP

What is the DUERP?

The DUERP (document unique d’évaluation des risques professionnels, France’s single occupational risk assessment document) is the mandatory document that lists and ranks every risk to employees’ health and safety in a company, so that prevention measures can be defined.

Mandatory as soon as a company has its first employee (articles R4121-1 et seq. of the French Labor Code, created by decree No. 2001-1016), it must be updated at least once a year. The law of August 2, 2021 strengthened its retention and its electronic filing.

The absence of a DUERP is a fifth-class petty offense: a €1,500 fine, rising to €3,000 for a repeat offense (article R4741-1 of the French Labor Code).