Chapter I: General rules.

Without prejudice to the application of special legislation and the powers granted to local authorities, decrees by the Conseil d’Etat, issued after consultation with the Haut Conseil de la santé publique (High Council for Public Health) and, where appropriate, the Conseil supérieur de la prévention des risques professionnels (High Council for Occupational Risk Prevention), lay down general rules of hygiene and any other measures to protect human health, particularly with…

The decrees mentioned in article L. 1311-1 may be supplemented by orders issued by the representative of the State in the département or by orders issued by the mayor in order to lay down special provisions for the protection of public health in the département or municipality. For breaches of the orders mentioned in the first paragraph, public proceedings are extinguished by payment of a fixed fine, which does not…

In the event that several communes make known their desire to join forces, in accordance with the provisions of Title I of Book II of Part V of the General Local Authorities Code, for the implementation of sanitary measures, they may adopt the same regulations, which will be made applicable to them in the manner provided for by this code.

In the event of an emergency, in particular a specific imminent danger to public health, the representative of the State in the département may order the immediate implementation, with all rights reserved, of the measures prescribed by the hygiene rules set out in this chapter. Where the purpose of the measures ordered is to ensure compliance with housing hygiene rules and the person required to comply fails to do so,…