At the end of each bathing season, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency assesses the quality of each bathing water on the basis of all the data relating to water quality collected as part of health monitoring in accordance with the provisions of articles D. 1332-23 and D. 1332-24, during the current year’s bathing season and the three previous bathing seasons.
Following the assessment of the quality of each bathing water and taking into account the management measures taken during the period in question, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency classifies the bathing water as being of “insufficient”, “sufficient”, “good” or “excellent” quality, as appropriate.
The procedures for assessing and classifying water quality are laid down by order of the ministers for health and the environment and the minister for the interior.