French Public Health Code
In forceI.-Materials and products placed on the market and intended for production, distribution and packaging installations which come into contact with water intended for human consumption must comply with specific minimum requirements in terms of health safety defined by order of the Minister for Health, to ensure that they are not likely, under normal or foreseeable conditions of use :
1° Directly or indirectly pose a risk to human health;
2° Alter the colour, odour or taste of the water;
3° Encourage the development of microbial flora;
4° releasing contaminants into water at levels that may result in non-compliance with the quality requirements for water intended for human consumption.
II - The specific minimum health safety requirements mentioned in I apply, in whole or in part, according to the group of materials and products, i.e. organic materials, metals, cement-based materials, enamels and ceramics or other inorganic materials, and according to their use. They concern in particular:
1° Positive lists of starting substances, compositions and constituents for the manufacture of materials and products;
2° Purity criteria for certain starting substances, compositions and constituents mentioned in 1° ;
3° The specific conditions of use of the starting substances, compositions and constituents mentioned in 1° as well as those of the materials and articles in which these substances and materials have been used;
4° Where applicable, the migration limits in water of starting substances, compositions and constituents or groups of starting substances, compositions and constituents in water;
5° The rules relating to the nature of the samples of materials or products to be used and the methods of analysis to be used to check compliance with the provisions of 1° to 4°. ;
III - The order referred to in I specifies the conditions for certifying compliance with the provisions of this I. This certificate is produced, depending on the groups of materials and objects and their uses:
1° Either by the person responsible for first placing the material on the market ;
2° Or by a laboratory authorised by the Minister for Health.
IV-A request for the amendment of an order issued in application of I shall be addressed to the Minister for Health.
The composition of the application file is determined by an order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail.
The Minister's decision is taken after obtaining the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail.
V.-Without prejudice to the applicable provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, products approved in accordance with the specific minimum health safety requirements meet the requirements mentioned in I and may be placed on the market.
VI -An order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the national food, environmental and occupational health safety agency, sets more stringent protection measures for the use of final materials when the specific quality of local raw water so requires.
