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What are the changes and challenges facing the public regulator in a context of risk governance? Through the analytical prism developed by Jacques Chevallier, this article proposes to examine the changes in the role of the public regulator by focusing on the style of public policy and governance tools. In the light of the hybridity observed in the study of the system regulating the safety of the food chain in Belgium, the contribution focuses on a double source of instability reflecting the tensions at the heart of the public values structuring the regulation system. A deconstruction of this hybridity reveals the negotiated and conflicting nature of the values underlying the action of the public regulator and its evaluation.Notes for practitionersBased on an inventory of the situation at the heart of the system regulating the risks to the safety of the food chain in Belgium, the contribution identifies the challenges faced by the public regulator in the context of risk governance. Observing the hybrid nature of their involvement, it highlights two sources of tension related to their policy style and their use of regulatory instruments. By considering the possible stabilization measures that could be taken to overcome tensions, three approaches have been identified as a means of adjusting the role of the public regulator, stressing the transversal importance of the findings.

À partir du cas de la Cour des comptes de Belgique, la présente contribution examine la dynamique d'enrichissement et de diversification des pratiques évaluatives à l'œuvre au sein des institutions supérieures de contrôle. Ces évolutions posent de nouveaux défis institutionnels et organisationnels pour les entités en charge du contrôle de la dépense publique comme l'attention croissante portée à l'impact des activités d'évaluation, l'effritement des cadres traditionnels de l'action publique et la coexistence de rationalités professionnelles multiples.