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Subsection 6: Special provisions for furnished or furnished accommodation, premises used for collective accommodation and tourist accommodation

Article R1331-55 of the French Public Health Code

Furnished or furnished accommodation, premises used for collective accommodation and tourist accommodation are subject to the provisions of this section, subject to the specific requirements laid down for them by this sub-section and without prejudice to the provisions applicable to some of these premises by virtue of special legislation.

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Article R1331-56 of the French Public Health Code

In bedrooms, dormitories or other rooms intended for sleeping in premises used for collective accommodation occupied by more than five people: 1° The smallest dimension on the floor is at least 2 metres for single rooms and 2.20 metres for other rooms; 2° The floor area is at least 5 square metres per person; 3° The air volume is at least equal to 12 cubic metres per person.

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Article R1331-57 of the French Public Health Code

The minimum floor area and ceiling height of tourist accommodation rooms, excluding sanitary facilities, correspond to those set for the first category by the classification table provided for in articles L. 311-6, L. 321-1, L. 324-1, L. 325-1 and D. 312-3 of the Tourism Code, whether or not the accommodation is classified within the meaning of this code. For chambres d’hôtes and bed and breakfast accommodation : 1° The minimum…

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Article R1331-59 of the French Public Health Code

All rooms in collective accommodation that are occupied separately or used individually, and all tourist accommodation, have a point of running drinking water, the temperature of which can be regulated for hot water, which is permanently supplied and installed above a regulatory device for the evacuation of waste water. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, in local authorities governed byArticle 73 of the Constitution, the supply of hot…

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Article R1331-60 of the French Public Health Code

I.-Collective accommodation and tourist accommodation must have sanitary facilities with a permanent supply of both cold and hot water and with sufficient flow and pressure. The obligation to have hot water does not apply to accommodation located in communities governed byArticle 73 of the Constitution. II-The number of washbasins, shower rooms and toilets in tourist accommodation corresponds to that set for the first category in the classification table provided for…

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Article R1331-64 of the French Public Health Code

Occupants and operators of furnished or furnished accommodation, premises used for collective accommodation and tourist accommodation shall take all precautions to prevent the appearance and development of animals that are harmful to human health. Where it has not been possible to avoid the development of such animals and in order to prevent any proliferation, the operators of furnished or furnished accommodation, premises used for collective accommodation and tourist accommodation shall…

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Article R1331-65 of the French Public Health Code

Tourist accommodation not mentioned in 5° of article R. 1331-14 may be made available to visiting customers who do not elect domicile there and who are staying there on a daily, weekly or monthly rental basis under the following conditions: 1° It must have a minimum ceiling height that allows the occupant to move around without risk, and to move freely and easily within the accommodation; 2° It must be…

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