In order to protect public health and the aquatic environment, pleasure craft equipped with toilets and built after 1st January 2008, which access sea and river ports as well as mooring and light equipment areas, must be equipped with facilities for either storing or treating the waste water from these toilets.
These provisions also apply to floating establishments open to the public, built after 1st January 2008 and stationed on a regular and prolonged basis on public waterways. From 1 January 2010, they will apply to all such establishments, regardless of when they were built.