Chapter IV: Combating the presence of lead or asbestos.

Any doctor who detects a case of lead poisoning in a minor must, after informing the person exercising parental authority, bring it to the attention, in a confidential envelope, of the doctor of the regional health agency designated by the director general of the agency. The agency doctor will inform the doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child protection service. By agreement between the Director General of the…

The diagnosis provided for in article L. 1334-1 and the report provided for in article L. 511-14 of the French Construction and Housing Code are carried out by operators who meet the conditions set out inarticle L. 271-6 of the French Construction and Housing Code.

When the existence of degraded coatings containing lead in concentrations above the thresholds defined by order of the ministers responsible for health and construction is noted, following either the detection of a case of lead poisoning, or the diagnosis prescribed pursuant to the last paragraph of article L. 1334-1, or the risk of exposure to lead report mentioned in article L. 1334-5, and that this existence is likely to be…

A report on the risk of exposure to lead identifies any coatings containing lead and, where applicable, summarises the factors affecting the condition of the building. The report is accompanied by an information leaflet, the content of which is specified by order of the ministers responsible for health and construction.

The report referred to in article L. 1334-5 is produced when all or part of a residential building built before 1st January 1949 is sold, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 271-4 to L. 271-6 of the French Construction and Housing Code.

On expiry of a period of four years from the date of entry into force of law no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2004 on public health policy, the report referred to in article L. 1334-5 is attached to any new rental contract for a building used wholly or partly for residential purposes and built before 1 January 1949. If such a report establishes the absence of lead-containing coverings or the…

Any work carried out on the communal areas of a block of flats used in whole or in part for residential purposes, built before 1 January 1949, which is likely to cause a substantial deterioration in the coverings, as defined by order of the ministers responsible for health and construction, must be preceded by a lead exposure risk report as referred to in article L. 1334-5. If such a report…

In areas designated for housing improvement projects, the representative of the State in the département will require owners receiving subsidies for work to remove insalubrities to carry out a lead exposure risk assessment as referred to in article L. 1334-5 in buildings used for residential purposes built before 1st January 1949.

If the report, drawn up under the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1334-6 to L. 1334-8-1, reveals the presence of degraded coatings containing lead in concentrations above the thresholds defined by the decree mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 1334-2, the owner or operator of the accommodation must inform the occupants and any persons required to carry out work in the building or part of the…

Findings drawn up in application of articles L. 1334-8 and L. 1334-8-1 are communicated, at their request, to the representative of the State in the département, to the director general of the regional health agency and, in municipalities with a municipal health and hygiene service mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 1422-1, to the director of this service. If the lead exposure risk report drawn up under the…