French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The shower room has a washbasin and a bath or shower. The lavatory may form a single room with the shower room.
The materials used for the floors, walls and ceilings of the shower room and lavatory, as well as their sanitary fittings, are easy to clean and the floors are waterproof.
The shower room and lavatory have a permanent supply of water, both hot and cold water for the shower room. The hot water requirement does not apply to homes located in communities governed byArticle 73 of the French Constitution.
The toilet facilities must be connected to a collective or individual sanitation system to ensure that there is no risk of pollution from backflow and that no odours are produced. The toilet bowl is fitted with an occlusion device such as a seat with a lid.
The lavatory does not communicate with the kitchen, unless the dwelling has only one living room and provided that the part of this room used as a kitchen and the lavatory are separated by a door and suitably ventilated.
Devices for separating and evacuating faecal matter are only permitted in dwellings that have no toilet facilities at all, due to the lack of a technical connection for their installation, in particular due to the nature of the installation. A decree issued by the ministers responsible for construction and health specifies the conditions that these systems must meet.
Dry toilets may be installed, provided that the methods for recovering and treating their waste are capable of preventing any nuisance or contamination.
II - When dwellings, separate rooms or rooms in a dwelling rented separately are served by one or more shared shower rooms or one or more shared toilets, the number of these shower rooms and toilets is determined according to the number of people required to use them, with one shared shower room or toilet for a maximum of five people.
Shared shower rooms and toilets are equipped with doors that close from the inside but can be opened from the outside if necessary.
The shower room or toilet may not be more than one storey away from the premises it serves, nor more than 30 metres horizontally.
A drinking water station or point with a drain for washing hands is located in the immediate vicinity of all communal toilets.
