The application for authorisation to exploit a natural mineral water source, provided for inarticle L. 1322-1, concerning a project for packaging, use for therapeutic purposes in a spa establishment or distribution in a public refreshment area, is sent by the owner or operator to the Prefect of the department(s) in which the installations are located.
The application file includes
1° The name of the applicant ;
2° A study of the geological and hydrogeological characteristics of the aquifer sector concerned, determining the characteristics of the water;
3° The results of analyses of the chemical, physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics making it possible to assess the purity of the water from the resource used and its stability;
4° (Repealed)
5° The opinion of the approved public health hydrogeologist, specially appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to study the dossier;
6° Justification of any treatment products and processes to be used;
7° A description of the water production and distribution facilities;
8° A description of how water quality will be monitored.
The information contained in the dossier is specified by order of the Minister for Health.
The costs of compiling the file, including compensation to the approved public health hydrogeologist under the conditions set out inarticle R. 1321-14, are borne by the applicant.