FR OF IN Look for COVERS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SWIMMING POOLS BUSINESS PRODUCTS SECURITY NEWS CONTACT DOWNLOADS Home > Safety > The NF P 90-308 standard The NF P 90-308 standard Walter Piscine and your safety The NF P 90-308 standard The law of January 3, 2003 introduced a certain number of compulsory safety and prevention measures for the installation of swimming pools, with the aim of reducing the number of drownings . Since 1 st January 2006 , all pools in the following cases must meet the requirements of the law: Family pools or pools reserved for residents Swimming pools in holiday villages, hotels, holiday rentals and campsites A set of four standards relating to protection elements for swimming pools have been drawn up within an AFNOR standardization committee. Among these, standard NF P 90-308 defines the minimum safety requirements, test methods and consumer information relating to safety covers and their attachment device in order to prevent involuntary immersion of 'children under 5 years old. The types of covers affected by security are as follows: Automatic, semi-automatic, manual shutters, whether or not buried with or without covering, Bar covers, Winter blankets with nets or opaque, To give you a general overview of the safety requirements put in place by the NF P 90-308 standard , here are the main points that make a blanket considered to be “ safety ”: The cover must be designed to prevent the immersion of a child under 5 years old when installed, A child must not be able to get under the blanket, The cover must withstand the passage of an adult weighing 100 kg without any tears or loosening of the fastening systems being observed, The cover fixing systems on the beach must not be a source of injuries or falls for a child, La couverture ne doit pas occasionner de blessures chez l’enfant qui chercherait à la manipuler (les risques de coupure, piqûre, cisaillement, coincement, suffocation et étranglement doivent être évités), Pour les volets automatiques, le dispositif de mise en marche doit être verrouillable et non utilisable pour un enfant D'une manière plus générale, les matériaux constitutifs de la couverture, les systèmes d'ancrage et les systèmes de fixation doivent être conformes aux normes françaises et européennes en vigueur. EN SAVOIR PLUS • Vous êtes propriétaire d'une piscine (...) • Vous êtes fabricant / installateur de piscines (...) INSCRIPTION NEWSLETTER Emails au format HTML Walter Piscine Losberger France SAS Zone Industrielle - BP58 67172 BRUMATH Cedex France Tel: +33 (0) 3 90 29 51 00 Fax: +33 (0) 3 90 29 51 19 E-mail: walterpygiène [at] walter [.] Fr Legal Notice Sitemap Contact Director: Ameos