BOOK II: MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Municipalities and groups of local authorities, after consulting the consultative commission for local public services, draw up, for each water or sanitation service for which they are responsible, service regulations defining, according to local conditions, the services provided by the service and the respective obligations of the operator, subscribers, users and owners. The operator gives each subscriber the service regulations or sends them to him by post or electronic mail….

Any supply of drinking water, whoever the beneficiary, is billed at the rate applicable to the corresponding category of user, households, occupants of buildings used primarily for residential purposes, being able to constitute a category of user. The local authorities referred to in article L. 2224-12 are required to put an end, before 1 January 2008, to any provision or stipulation to the contrary. This article does not apply to…

Public water and sanitation utilities are authorised to implement social measures designed to make effective the right of access to drinking water and sanitation under conditions that are economically acceptable to all, as set out in article L. 210-1 of the Environment Code. These measures may include setting tariffs that take account of household composition or income, granting assistance with the payment of water bills, assistance with access to water…

Under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, the rules relating to drinking water and sanitation charges and the sums provided for by Articles L. 1331-1 to L. 1331-10 of the Public Health Code are established by deliberation of the municipal council or the deliberative assembly of the grouping of local authorities. When the municipalities assume responsibility for the work mentioned in the second sentence of the first paragraph…