38 - WASTE COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES; MATERIALS RECOVERY Companies in France
38 - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery Covers companies officially classified under NAF Rev.2 code 38 (Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery), part of France's NAF Rev.2 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation in France.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation companies in France follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code E in France, as of the last reconciliation.
Section E is 0% of the France register by entity count and its 18th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation is a sector where the operative authorisation usually isn’t the company registration at all, but a separate environmental permit. Every water-treatment, waste-handling or remediation site above a certain risk threshold falls under the ICPE regime — installation classée pour la protection de l’environnement — and needs a declaration, a registration or a full prefectoral authorisation depending on what it does and how much of it. A decree from July 2025 tightened the rules for several waste-related categories, with operators given until 1 January 2027 to comply.
A second layer is who actually operates the service. Municipal water and waste collection in France is frequently delegated to a private operator under a délégation de service public — a fixed-term public contract, not a permanent transfer of the underlying public service. Verifying a water or waste operator in this sector often means checking both layers: the ICPE authorisation that lets a site legally operate, and the DSP contract (or its absence) that determines who’s actually running it on the municipality’s behalf.
Who uses France water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
ICPE authorisation status
Waste-handling and water-treatment sites in France operate under the ICPE regime — declaration, registration or full authorisation depending on risk — administered by the prefecture rather than by the company register. A 2025 decree tightened rules for several waste categories, with affected operators required to comply by 1 January 2027.
Public service delegation (DSP) screening
Water and waste services are very often run not by the municipality itself but by a private operator under a délégation de service public (DSP) — a public contract awarded for a fixed term. Verifying who actually runs a local water or waste service means checking the delegation holder, which can differ from the site’s registered operating company after a group restructuring.
Environmental liability and closure exposure
ICPE authorisations carry site-specific obligations — monitoring, financial guarantees, eventual remediation — that attach to the permit holder. A change in the operating company’s ownership doesn’t automatically transfer or discharge that liability without updating the underlying authorisation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies are classified under 38 - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery in France?
38 - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery companies in France are tracked directly from official government registries.
What does NAF Rev.2 code 38 cover?
38 - Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery is the official name for this activity under France's NAF Rev.2 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation sector.
How is this different from the broader Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation category?
Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation is the top-level sector; NAF Rev.2 code 38 identifies one specific activity within it, letting you narrow a search to exactly this business type rather than the whole sector.
What ownership information is available for these companies?
The same beneficial-ownership, shareholder and officer disclosure framework applies as for any other company in France, regardless of its specific activity classification. See the individual company profile for the full ownership picture, or the Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation sector overview for the general national framework.
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