When an installation for the production or distribution of water to the public or a spa establishment is operated without the authorisation or declaration provided for in articles L. 1321-7 or L. 1322-1, the competent administrative authority gives formal notice to the person responsible for the production or distribution of water to the public or, failing this, to the owner of the installation for the production or distribution of water or the spa establishment in question to regularise its situation within a specified period, by submitting a declaration or an application for authorisation. It may, by reasoned order, suspend production or distribution until a decision has been reached on the application for authorisation.
If the person responsible for the production or distribution of water to the public or, failing this, the owner of the production or distribution installation or the spa establishment concerned does not comply with the formal notice to regularise his situation, if his application for authorisation is rejected or if the authorisation has been annulled by the administrative judge, the competent administrative authority may, if necessary, order the closure or removal of the installation or establishment in question.
The representative of the State may have a law enforcement officer affix seals to an installation for the production or distribution of water to the public or a spa establishment that is still in operation, either in breach of a suppression, closure or suspension measure taken in application of this article, or in spite of an order refusing authorisation.