The bathing waters listed are included in the register of protected areas mentioned in article R. 212-4 of the Environment Code. The departmental prefect sends the list of bathing waters surveyed in his department to the basin coordinating prefect.
Each year, the Prefect notifies the Minister for Health, by 30 April at the latest or, for the overseas departments, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, by 31 August at the latest, of the list of waters identified as bathing waters in its department, as well as the reasons for any changes made to the previous year’s list.