The aims of the specific navigation regulations (RPP) :

to improve respect for the environment, to guarantee safety to users, to simplify the regulations, to maintain the existing balance

between the various activities on the lake.

The specific navigation regulations (RPP) consist of : rules adapted to boating conditions

and the various water activities according to their sector

a master plan of the lake, which maps out the areas defined in the regulations : the prohibited, protected and reserved zones (eg : inshore zone, reserved channels, zones where all boating is prohibited or constrained).

Lake Annecy Navigation regulations

July 2015

Direction départementale des Territoires de la Haute-Savoie

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergiewww.haute-savoie.gouv.fr

Direction départementale des Territoires de la Haute-Savoie

15 rue Henry Bordeaux 74998 Annecy cedex 9Tel. 33 (0)4 50 33 78 00 -Fax. 33 (0)4 50 27 96 09

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Where are the specific navigation regulations (RPP) available : at the direction départementale des Territoires (DDT) offices

(local authority) at tourist offices and town halls around Lake Annecy

This document can also be downloaded : www.haute-savoie.gouv.fr

under the heading "Environnement"For all information relating to pleasure craft licence,

navigation permit and safety equipment, visit :www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr

For your declarations and authorization requests, please contact :

the direction départementale des Territoires Unité lacs : 04 50 33 77 93

Before setting off, you must : carry on board : your licence and

navigation permit, the current general and specific navigation regulations (RGP and RPP in French) consult the regulations concerning

Lake Annecy check your safety equipment check the weather forecast

Boating and water activities on Lake Annecy are governed by the specific navigation regulations (RPP in French) of 10th June 2015, which have

been adapted locally from the national general regulations (RGP in French).

Please comply with the regulations ! observe the navigation regulations

(appropriate speed, restricted zones...) it is prohibited to sail a boat >6hp

without a licence you must have a navigation permit in

your possession when it is mandatory it is prohibited to sail under the

influence of alcohol (blood alcohol concentration <0.8g/l) or drugsFailure to comply with the regulations will result in a fine from the National Gendarmerie (the local police).

Water toys (canoe, kayak, paddle, optimist, rowing boat...) prohibited outside the inshore zone indicated by yellow conical buoys. Water skiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing

prohibited along the inshore zone and in the north of the lake.

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Swimming is prohibited at the landing stages, in the ports, the water ski stadium, reed beds and protection zone.

Water sports and water toys

Respect for others

Speed limit always 50 km/h by day and 25 km/h at night.

Overtaking - crossing Leave a distance of at least 50 metres, slow

down, give way to the right. Give way to any small boats and sailing boats.

Sub-aqua diving Boating prohibited within 100

metres of this flag.

Water skiing and wakeboarding prohibited within 50 metres of the inshore zone. Wakesurfing prohibited within 200 metres of

the inshore zone.

Outside the inshore zone, the swimmer must always have a safety boat nearby.

Leave a distance of 100m from the stern of a fishing boat (trolling or trawling).

Boat traffic and sub-aqua diving

Supervised and protected zones for swimming are indicated by yellow spherical buoys.

If notice of caution : put on a life jacket. Water toys and swimming prohibited. If danger warning (storm) : all boating and swimming prohibited.

RoselièresReed beds

Boating, swimming and diving prohibited within 50 metres of the front of the reed beds

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