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Article D1332-19 of the French Public Health Code

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.

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Article D1332-19

Les eaux de baignade recensées sont inscrites au registre des zones protégées mentionné à l’article R. 212-4 du code de l’environnement. Le préfet de département transmet au préfet coordonnateur de bassin la liste des eaux de baignade recensées dans son département.


Le préfet notifie chaque année au ministre chargé de la santé, au plus tard le 30 avril ou, pour les départements d’outre-mer, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy et Saint-Martin, au plus tard le 31 août, la liste des eaux recensées comme eaux de baignade dans son département, ainsi que les motifs de toute modification apportée à la liste de l’année précédente.

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