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Article D1332-17 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The municipality draws up the list of bathing waters for the following bathing season, based on a summary of the comments made by the public, the responses from the registrants of bathing facilities and the bathing waters for which the municipality is responsible. This list includes bathing waters from the previous bathing season. However, bathing waters whose characteristics have changed and for which the definition of a bathing water set…

Article D1332-18 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The list of bathing waters, as resulting from the census procedure provided for in article D. 1332-16 , as well as any change to this list compared to the previous year, accompanied by the reasons, the information mentioned in article D. 1332-17 as well as the summary of public comments are communicated by the municipality to the Prefect and the Director General of the Regional Health Agency by 31 January…

Article D1332-19 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The bathing waters listed are included in the register of protected areas mentioned in article R. 212-4 of the Environment Code. The departmental prefect sends the list of bathing waters surveyed in his department to the basin coordinating prefect. Each year, the Prefect notifies the Minister for Health, by 30 April at the latest or, for the overseas departments, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, by 31 August at the latest, of…

Article D1332-20 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

Each person responsible for a bathing water draws up the bathing water profile provided for in article L. 1332-3. This profile includes in particular the following elements 1° A description of the physical, geographical and hydrogeological characteristics of the bathing water and other surface waters in the catchment area of the bathing water concerned, which could be relevant sources of pollution for the purposes of the objective of this section…

Article D1332-21 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The person responsible for the bathing water prepares, for public distribution, a summary document corresponding to the general description of the bathing water based on the bathing water profile. The person responsible for the bathing water sends the profile and the summary document to the mayor, together with any other useful information. The mayor sends the Director General of the Regional Health Agency all the profiles and summary documents relating…

Article D1332-22 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The profile of bathing waters classified, pursuant to article D. 1332-27, as being of “good”, “sufficient” or “insufficient” quality, must be reviewed regularly in order to update it. The frequency and extent of the reviews must be adapted to the nature, frequency and seriousness of the pollution risks to which the bathing water is exposed. A revision shall be carried out which provides for a re-examination of all the elements…

Article D1332-23 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The monitoring programme drawn up by the person responsible for the bathing water, as provided for in article L. 1332-3, includes, as a minimum, daily visual monitoring during the bathing season. It may also include monitoring of indicators selected on the basis of the water profile, enabling short-term pollution to be detected. The health inspections referred to in article L. 1332-3, carried out by the Director General of the Regional…

Article D1332-24 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The water samples and analyses required for health monitoring are carried out by one or more laboratories approved by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail under the conditions set out in article L. 1332-6. The results are sent by the laboratory to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who informs the person responsible for the bathing water…

Article D1332-25 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

The person responsible for the bathing water establishes the procedures necessary to implement the planned management measures in order to prevent and manage pollution in the short term. The person responsible for the bathing water informs the mayor and the director general of the regional health agency as soon as they become aware of situations that have or may have a negative impact on the quality of the bathing water…

Article D1332-26 of the French Public Health Code

November 5, 2023

When the bathing water profile defined in article D. 1332-20 indicates : -a potential risk of proliferation of cyanobacteria, i.e. accumulation of cyanobacteria in the form of blooms, slicks or scum ; or a tendency for macro-algae or marine phytoplankton to proliferate, the person responsible for the bathing water ensures appropriate monitoring, determines whether their presence is acceptable for public health and identifies in good time the health risks and…

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Article D1332-17 of the French Public Health Code

Article D1332-18 of the French Public Health Code

Article D1332-19 of the French Public Health Code

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Article D1332-21 of the French Public Health Code

Article D1332-22 of the French Public Health Code

Article D1332-23 of the French Public Health Code

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Article D1332-26 of the French Public Health Code

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