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Article L2224-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The mayor presents to the municipal council or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation presents to its deliberative assembly an annual report on the price and quality of the public drinking water service intended in particular to inform users. This report is presented no later than nine months after the close of the financial year concerned. The mayor attaches to it the note drawn up each year…

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Article L2224-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Communes with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, no member commune of which has more than 3,000 inhabitants, may draw up a single budget for drinking water and wastewater services if the two services are subject to the same rules for liability to value added tax and if they are managed in the same way. The budget and the invoices issued must show the breakdown between…

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Article L2224-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I.-Any service providing all or part of the production, transport, storage and distribution of water intended for human consumption is a drinking water service. The production of water intended for human consumption includes all or part of the abstraction, protection of the point of abstraction as well as the treatment of the raw water. II.-.Any service providing all or part of the tasks defined in article L. 2224-8 is a…

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Article L2224-7-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In order to implement the responsibilities set out in article L. 1321-1 B of the Public Health Code aimed at meeting people’s essential needs for water intended for human consumption, the municipalities or their public cooperation establishments identify the people in their territory who have no access, or insufficient access, to drinking water and the reasons for this situation. This territorial diagnosis covers the entire population present in their territory….

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Article L2224-7-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In the light of the territorial diagnosis drawn up in application of article L. 2224-7-2, the municipalities or their public cooperation establishments proceed to: 1° Identifying and assessing the possibilities for improving access to water intended for human consumption for people and groups of people who do not have access or who have inadequate access; 2° The implementation, no later than three years after the territorial diagnosis has been carried…

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Article L2224-7-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The provisions of articles L. 2224-7-2 and L. 2224-7-3 apply without prejudice to the provisions of article 2 of law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 relating to the reception and housing of travellers for the persons mentioned in article 1 of the same law whose traditional habitat is made up of mobile homes installed in reception areas or on land set aside for this purpose. The obligations specified in…

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Article L2224-7-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Any public person responsible for the production of water who provides all or part of the abstraction may contribute to the management and preservation of water resources. This contribution is compulsory when all or part of the water is produced from a sensitive abstraction point, as defined in article L. 211-11-1 of the Environment Code.

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Article L2224-7-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The public person mentioned in article L. 2224-7-5 who contributes to the management and preservation of water resources draws up and implements an action plan to help maintain or improve the quality of the part of this resource used for the production of water intended for human consumption. This plan applies to all or part of the catchment area for the period it determines. This plan applies to all or…

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Article L2224-7-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The measures provided for in the action plan mentioned in article L. 2224-7-6 are intended to avoid, reduce or eliminate pollution of any kind or to limit its transfer to water resources, without prejudice to the requirements laid down by the Prefect in the areas defined in article L. 1321-2 of the Public Health Code and the rules adopted in application of the provisions of Chapters I and II of…

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