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Article D1332-5 of the French Public Health Code

The facilities or parts of facilities referred to in II of Article D. 1332-1 comply with the rules relating to the operation of the pool, hydraulic management and treatment of the pool water, as well as the requirements relating to the number of sanitary facilities, defined by an order of the Minister for Health.

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Article D1332-6 of the French Public Health Code

I.-Persons other than bathers and staff, in particular spectators, visitors or accompanying persons, may only be admitted to the pool enclosure if areas separate from the bathing areas and including specific sanitary facilities have been provided for this purpose or if they are barefoot and have first passed through a footbath or a foot spray ramp. II – The provisions of I do not apply to the facilities mentioned in…

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Article D1332-7 of the French Public Health Code

I-The theoretical maximum use of a swimming pool, corresponding to the capacity of the pool enclosure, is three people per 2 square metres of open-air water and one person per square metre of covered water. The surface area of diving or snorkelling pools permanently reserved for this purpose is not taken into account when determining the surface area of water areas. The person in charge of the swimming pool must…

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Article D1332-8 of the French Public Health Code

I.- Access to beaches includes footbaths or foot spray ramps and body showers. II.- The location of footbaths and foot spray ramps must mean that bathers must use them when accessing beaches. Footbaths and foot spray ramps are supplied with running disinfectant water. The level of free chlorine or available chlorine in this water is greater than 5 mg/L. This water is discharged without being able to be recycled within…

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Article D1332-9 of the French Public Health Code

I.-In areas where people must be removed from their shoes, attached, semi-fixed or movable floor coverings, in particular carpets and gratings, are prohibited, with the exception of channel covers for gratings. II.-Floor coverings in areas where people must remove their shoes must not impair the quality of the pool water and must be rot-proof, washable, resistant to impact and to pool water cleaning and treatment products, non-slip and non-abrasive. III.-The…

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Article D1332-10 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The person responsible for the swimming pool organises and implements the monitoring of the establishment’s installations, water treatment system and air ventilation system. To this end, they draw up a protocol for monitoring parameters and keep an up-to-date health logbook, the content of which is defined by order of the Minister for Health. The health logbooks for the current year and, at the very least, for the two previous years…

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Article D1332-11 of the French Public Health Code

I.-In the event of non-compliance with the quality limits defined by the order referred to in article D. 1332-2 being observed during the monitoring of the installations referred to in I of article D. 1332-10 or during the health inspection referred to in II of article D. 1332-10, the person responsible for the swimming pool shall immediately: 1° Take the necessary corrective measures to restore the swimming pool water to…

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Article D1332-11-1 of the French Public Health Code

For swimming pools under the authority or supervision of the Minister for Defence, the terms of this section apply subject to the following provisions: 1° The water supply to the pools must be provided under the same conditions as those mentioned in article D. 1332-4 or from authorised installations covered by article R. 1321-63. The use of water taken from the natural environment and not authorised by the Prefect of…

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Article D1332-15 of the French Public Health Code

1° A bathing water is characterised by an area where the water is of uniform quality. 2° The bathing season defined for each bathing water is the period during which the presence of a large number of bathers is to be expected. When the bathing season extends over the whole year, it begins on 1st October and ends on 30th September. 3° A large number of bathers corresponds to an…

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