MARIGOT—The Sous Prefecture in a press release is inviting members of the public to install security systems at their private pools especially for summer vacations. The prefecture said swimming pool owners must abide by the regulations that correspond to the law of January 3 2003.
This law they said is to prevent drowning incidents particularly for young children and persons who cannot swim.
The reminder came after a case of drowning in France where a pair of twins drowned in a pool on July 4th.
The prefecture said as of January 1 2004 a law was implemented for private swimming pools. The law states that all pools constructed before January 2004 must have security reinforcement in place to prevent drowning. Persons who do not respect articles R 128-1 to R.128-4 can be fined up to Euros 45,000.