Chapter I: Drinking water

The analyses of water samples mentioned in article R. 1321-19 are carried out by laboratories which must obtain prior approval from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail and, for radioactivity analyses, from the Minister for Health. This approval may be granted to laboratories based in another Member State of the European Community which can demonstrate that they have equivalent…

Approved laboratories send the results of their analyses to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who forwards them to the Prefect with his comments and to the person responsible for producing, distributing or packaging the water. The Prefect shall make available to the mayors, chairmen of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and mixed syndicates concerned the results of analyses of the quality of water supplied by a public…

From the catchment area upstream of private distribution facilities, the person responsible for water production or distribution draws up, implements, evaluates and updates a water safety management plan for the part for which it is responsible. For the purposes of this article, the catchment area corresponds to the drinking water catchment area referred to inarticle L. 211-3 of the Environment Code. Failing this, it corresponds to: 1° In the absence…

Without prejudice to the programme of water quality analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, the person responsible for producing or distributing water is required to implement ongoing monitoring in order to guarantee the quality of water intended for human consumption. This monitoring includes in particular: 1° Regular verification of the measures…

For water supplied by a public distribution service, analyses from the programme mentioned in article R. 1321-23 may replace those carried out in application of article R. 1321-15 when the following two conditions are met: 1° A quality management system is set up by the person responsible for water production or distribution. An order by the Minister for Health specifies the conditions under which the analyses carried out by the…

The person responsible for the production or distribution of water shall make available to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency the results of water quality monitoring and any information relating to water quality. It shall inform the Director General of the Regional Health Agency of any incident that may have consequences for public health. Each year, the person responsible for producing or distributing water sends the Director General…