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Article R1321-92 of the French Public Health Code

Water made drinkable by treatment, packaged, held with a view to sale, offered for sale, sold or distributed free of charge, under one of the following sales descriptions: 1° “Water made drinkable by treatment” ; 2° “Water made drinkable by treatment with added carbon dioxide”, which refers to any water made drinkable by treatment, packaged, which has been made effervescent by the addition of carbon dioxide. This name must be…

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Article R1321-93 of the French Public Health Code

It is prohibited, both on packaging or labels and in advertising, in any form whatsoever, to use any indication, name, trademark or service mark, image or other sign, figurative or otherwise, which, when applied to water made drinkable by treatment, is likely to create confusion with natural mineral water or spring water, in particular by indicating properties favourable to health, by mentioning expressions containing the word mineral or derivatives of…

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Article R1321-94 of the French Public Health Code

The composition of a water which is the subject of a numerical description appearing both on packaging or labels and in advertising must not differ from that presented by the water to which the said description refers. However, differences in the composition of a spring water resulting from variations due to natural fluctuations which do not affect the stability of the essential characteristics of the water are not considered to…

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Article R1321-96 of the French Public Health Code

The import of packaged drinking water, other than natural mineral water, and of food ice of water origin is subject to authorisation issued by the prefect of the department in which the importer seeking authorisation for first release for consumption in France is based, provided that it meets the requirements of this code. If the application for import authorisation remains unanswered for more than six months, it will be deemed…

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Article D1321-103 of the French Public Health Code

The data relating to the quality of the water distributed includes in particular: -the results of the analysis of the samples provided for in articles R. 1321-15 to R. 1321-22 and their sanitary interpretation by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency; -the summaries with comments that may be drawn up by the General Manager of the Agency, in the form of health assessments of the situation for a…

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Article D1321-104 of the French Public Health Code

Except in an emergency situation where all measures are taken to inform users as quickly as possible by appropriate means, the mayor will display in the town hall, within two working days of receiving them, all the documents sent to him by the prefect on data relating to the quality of the water supplied or only the summary with commentary to enable the data to be properly understood. These documents…

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Article D1321-105 of the French Public Health Code

When, by any means whatsoever, the results of analyses carried out as part of the monitoring provided for in article R. 1321-23 are made available to the public, every measure must be taken to ensure that these data cannot be confused with those obtained as part of the regulatory analysis programme carried out under articles R. 1321-15 to R. 1321-22. In addition, all monitoring analysis results must be taken into…

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Article R1322-1 of the French Public Health Code

This chapter applies to the exploitation of natural mineral waters for : 1° Packaging the water or importing it in packaged form; 2° The use of water and its derived products for therapeutic purposes in a spa establishment; 3° The distribution of water in public refreshment areas, outside the context of a spa treatment.

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