Section 2: Water sports establishments

The design of devices that allow pools to be modified, such as movable floors, docks and walls, or any submerged device, does not present a danger to bathers in any position.

The movable floors are either designed so that their connection to the pool floor respects the slope provided for pools, or are fitted with a device to remedy the danger created at their periphery by the sudden change in depth. They must not allow swimmers to pass underneath. The water depth corresponding to their position is displayed in a place visible to all. These devices must be operated away from…

These provisions apply to slides in which the user slides on a film of water generated for this purpose. They comply with any national transposition of standard NF EN 1069, parts 1 and 2.

Water slides with a height of less than 2 metres are designed to prevent users from injuring themselves and to ensure that they stay on the slide route provided by the manufacturer.

Access to the slide includes a waiting area and an access staircase. The waiting area is designed to ensure a smooth flow of users and avoid jostling. It is marked out and has handrails separating the queues. A narrowing allows access to the staircase via a single lane. The staircase is designed to accommodate one person at a time. The regulation of the departure of users for the descent is…

Diving boards are run-up and take-off areas for diving. They include: – springboards measuring 1 and 3 metres; – platforms measuring 1, 3, 5, 7, 50 and 10 metres. The overhead and underwater safety gauges, the minimum distances between diving boards and the side edges of the pools and the other technical provisions are specified in Annex III-11 to this code.

When a device is used to artificially generate waves, an orange flag is hoisted before and during wave production, indicating that diving is prohibited. When waves are being generated, an emergency stop button for this equipment is placed in the pool surveillance area. The wave-making chambers are inaccessible to the public. In the wave production area, devices allow bathers to hang on to the edge of the pools. The design…

There is a handrail at the entrance and exit to the whirlpools.

Rivers with buoys or currents are pools, with or without gradients, used with or without buoys and in which an artificial current is organised. Their course includes, at regular intervals, calm zones with support points. When the course forms a closed loop, an area is set aside to allow swimmers to exit the river. The course and its difficulties, precautions for use, compulsory or recommended uses and prohibitions are displayed…

Subject to the provisions of article A. 322-41, operators of establishments existing on 6 July 1999 must comply with the provisions of article A. 322-20, the second paragraph of article A. 322-24, the first paragraph of article A. 322-25, article A. 322-27, the second paragraph of article A. 322-29, the second and third paragraphs of article A. 322-32, articles A. 322-33, A. 322-37 and A. 322-38.