Subsection 1: General provisions

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 1321-27, R. 1321-28 and R. 1321-28-1, whether or not the quality limits and references, indicative values and vigilance values have been complied with or satisfied, the Prefect, when he considers, on the basis of a report from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, that the distribution of water constitutes a risk to people’s health, asks the person responsible for producing…

When corrective measures are taken under articles R. 1321-27, R. 1321-28 and R. 1321-29, consumers are informed immediately by the person responsible for water production or distribution. In the cases provided for in articles R. 1321-27 and R. 1321-29, where non-compliance with quality limits is considered a potential danger to human health, the person responsible for water production or distribution informs the consumers concerned as soon as possible: 1° The…

I.-When the corrective measures taken in application of article R. 1321-27 do not enable the quality of the water to be re-established at the point of compliance defined in 1° of article R. 1321-5, the person responsible for the distribution of water submits a request to the Prefect for a derogation from the quality limits, relating to the chemical parameters, defined by the order mentioned in article R. 1321-2. The…

At the time of the first request, the Prefect, on the report of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency : 1° Or considers that non-compliance with the quality limit is not serious and that the corrective measures taken allow the situation to be rectified within a maximum period of thirty days. In this case, it sets the maximum permissible value for the parameter concerned and the time allowed…

In exceptional circumstances, a second derogation, for a maximum period of three years, may be granted by the Prefect, on the basis of a report by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, for the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of I of article R. 1321-31. The request, accompanied by the file, must be sent to the Prefect no later than six months before the end of…

In exceptional cases, a third derogation of a maximum duration of three years may be requested from the Prefect no later than eight months before the end of the derogation period. The Prefect’s decision includes the information specified in 2° of article R. 1321-32. If the Prefect remains silent for more than eight months, the request is deemed to have been rejected.

At the end of each derogation period, a progress report on the work undertaken and the results of the monitoring and control programme implemented during the derogation period is drawn up by the person responsible for the water supply and sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who forwards it to the Prefect with his comments.

In the cases provided for in 2° of article R. 1321-32, articles R. 1321-33 and R. 1321-34, the Prefect will ensure that the person responsible for the distribution of water informs the population concerned promptly and appropriately of the derogation and the conditions attached to it and ensures that the advice drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency is given to the specific population groups for…