Subsection 1: General provisions

The health inspection referred to in 2° of I of article L. 1321-4 is carried out by the Regional Health Agency. It includes any operation to check compliance with legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the safety of water intended for human consumption. It includes in particular: 1° Inspecting installations ; 2° Monitoring the health safety measures implemented; 3° Carrying out a water quality analysis programme. The content of the…

I.-The analysis programme for water samples taken from production and distribution facilities also includes a programme for parameters of health concern, defined in a watch list. The content of this programme and the frequency of sampling and analysis are specified by order of the Minister for Health. II – Vigilance values are defined by order of the Minister for Health. If these values are not complied with under the conditions…

The programme of analyses of water samples taken from production and distribution facilities may be modified by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, on his own initiative or at the request of the Prefect, and in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Ministerial Order referred to in article R. 1321-15, if the conditions for the protection of the water catchment and the operation of the facilities,…

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, on his own initiative or at the request of the Prefect, have additional analyses carried out at the expense of the person responsible for the production or distribution of water in the following cases: 1° The quality of water intended for human consumption does not comply with the quality limits set by the order mentioned in article R. 1321-2 ; 2°…

The Prefect or, in the case of health and medico-social establishments, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may arrange for additional analyses to be carried out, at the expense of the owner(s), when their distribution facilities may be the cause of non-compliance with the quality limits defined by the order mentioned in article R. 1321-2.

To carry out the analysis programme provided for in articles R. 1321-10, R. 1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and for the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, water samples are taken by agents of the Regional Health Agency or by agents of a laboratory approved under the conditions mentioned in article R. 1321-21. With the exception of the cases provided for in article R….

An order by the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail, determines the sampling conditions to be used to measure lead, copper and nickel in water. The radionuclides to be taken into account when calculating the indicative dose set out in the order referred to in Article R. 1321-3 and the methods used for this calculation are…