Book I: Combating communicable diseases

Any health event occurring on board a ship making an international voyage and likely to constitute a risk to public health is subject to compulsory notification to the harbour master’s office of the port in which it calls. This notification is made by transmitting the maritime declaration of health mentioned in article 37 of the International Health Regulations (2005) twenty-four hours before entering the port. The harbour master’s office forwards…

I. – The master of a vessel who observes a risk to public health on board immediately informs the competent regional surveillance and rescue operational centre when the vessel is at sea or the harbour master’s office when the vessel is within the administrative boundaries of the port. When the ship is in the maritime part of the maritime and river regulation area, the ship’s captain alerts the harbour master’s…

If there is a risk to public health, the Prefect may require ships to be inspected by the officials mentioned in article L. 3115-1.

The officials mentioned in Article L. 3115-1 may prescribe, within their area of competence, any measures aimed at eliminating the sources of infection or contamination that they observe. The corrective measures implemented, as referred to in article R. 3115-33, are attached to the health inspection or health inspection exemption certificate referred to in paragraph 2 of this sub-section.