All this is very interesting, as we are having a salt pool installed as I write and no, we haven't been warned of any impending legislation either by the installer or our local mairie. It raises all sorts of questions: for example, there is little if any trace of damage from the extensive use of rock salt on roads. Is this to be banned also? We then have, Europe-wide, water softeners, dish-washers etc. Are these to be banned also? Most houses in France, including ours, have a dish-washer, used daily, and I'm fairly sure they and I will deposit a lot more salt via dish-washers than I and others will with a pool. Most houses (flats?) in France still don't have a pool, and most never will. Has there been any discussion on 'watering' gardens with bleach water, vis-a-vis those on watering with salt water posted earlier? Are we into more ill-thought-out knee-jerk legislation similar to pool security, which has attracted more ridicule than respect? JohnB