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Article L341-13-1 of the French Tourism Code

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.

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Article L341-13-1

Afin d’assurer la protection de la santé publique et du milieu aquatique, les navires de plaisance, équipés de toilettes et construits après le 1er janvier 2008, qui accèdent aux ports maritimes et fluviaux ainsi qu’aux zones de mouillages et d’équipement léger sont munis d’installations permettant soit de stocker, soit de traiter les eaux usées de ces toilettes.

Ces dispositions s’appliquent également aux établissements flottants recevant du public, construits après le 1er janvier 2008 et stationnant de façon habituelle et prolongée sur le domaine public fluvial. A compter du 1er janvier 2010, elles s’appliquent à l’ensemble de ces établissements, quelle que soit leur date de construction.

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