The purpose of health checks at borders is to prevent the spread by land, sea or air of communicable diseases, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 3115-1, L. 3116-3 and L. 3116-5 and in particular the implementation of the World Health Organisation’s International Health Regulations.
For the purposes of this Chapter and in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005), the following definitions shall apply 1° Free circulation means permission for a ship to enter a port, to embark or disembark, unload or load cargo or stores; for an aircraft, permission, after landing, to embark or disembark, unload or load cargo or stores; 2° Point of Entry, a crossing point for the international entry or…
I. – In order to combat the spread of disease, the Prefect, acting on a proposal from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, may prescribe: 1° Measures to place and keep affected persons in isolation, within the meaning of Article 1 of the International Health Regulations, in a health establishment or any other suitable place; 2° Measures to place persons likely to be affected in quarantine, within the…
The tasks of border health checks include : 1° Checking the hygiene rules at the points of entry mentioned in article R. 3115-6 and the points of entry into the territory mentioned in articles R. 3115-16 and R. 3115-17, in particular monitoring vectors and reservoirs of pathogenic agents; 2° Health checks on means of transport; 3° Health checks on travellers; 4° Preparing for and responding to public health emergencies at…
I. – The agents mentioned in article L. 3116-3 are authorised within the limits of their respective powers by order of the Prefect: 1° For employees of the Regional Health Agency, on the recommendation of their Director General ; 2° For employees of the State departments under its authority, on the recommendation of their head of department; II. – The agents mentioned in I are authorised and sworn in under…
Points of entry appearing on a list drawn up by order of the ministers responsible for the interior, health and transport are subject to the obligations set out in this sub-section.
The entry point managers are : 1° For an airport, the aerodrome operator ; 2° For a port, the delegate responsible for managing the main port facilities or, in the absence of a delegate, the port authority.
The manager of a point of entry keeps an up-to-date list of aircraft operators or ship agents or their representatives, and of legal entities providing services within this point of entry. This list is made available to the Prefect. The operator shall keep an up-to-date list of regular connections or routes from or to its point of entry. This list is made available to the Prefect. The operator appoints a…
The manager of a point of entry shall inform the service providers operating within its point of entry of the general hygiene rules defined in particular in Book III of Part One of this Code. The person responsible for the production or distribution of water for human consumption shall make available to aircraft operators or ship’s agents or their representatives, on request, the results of water quality analyses of its…
During an inspection carried out under the authority of the Prefect, the manager of a point of entry must make all the necessary documents available to the officials responsible for the inspection, and in particular the results of the analyses provided for in article R. 1321-23 and the documents for monitoring the water quality management system defined in article R. 1321-24 where this has been set up.
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