If you are the happy owner of a property on the French Riviera, you have to abide by French laws about swimming pool. Indeed, from January 2003, every owner of a swimming pool must set up a safety system to protect the access to the swimming pool. Many properties on the French Riviera are equipped with a swimming pool. The French laws about swimming pool impact both hotels and private properties.
Be careful, you can’t turn down the French laws about swimming pool, given that you have no children and you don’t welcome any of them in your property on the French Riviera. But if your swimming pool is an inside swimming pool with a door access or if your swimming pool is air filled, you are not concerned by the French laws about swimming pool.
Anyway, the majority of properties on the French Riviera are impacted. Owners must choose between 4 safety systems. The first one is a bareer. The barreer has to prevent a kid (under 5 years old) to have access to the swimming pool. The norm of the barrer is NF P 90-306. It means that the minimal heights has to be 1,10m. To close the gate, you must have an automatic shutting. To open the gate, you must have a system that needs 2 hand actions.
The second safety system recommended by French laws about swimming pool is the tide pool. It has to be rigid enough to resist to the clearing of an adult. The norm is NF P 90-308. This cap is not a supple tarpaulin, generally used to keep a warm temperature into the swimming pool. It has to prevent children from involontary summersion.
Some properties on the French Riviera are equipped with a shelter. The shelter can be very different but the norm is NP P 90-309. The opening of the shelter can be only made by an adult and the safety system has to be set in automatically after every use.
Last but not least, alarms are also recommended by French laws about swimming pool. The alarm must detect any fall inside the swimming pool and any passing close to it. the norm is NF P 90-307
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