The standard application file for classification as a market of national interest contains, in addition to the deliberation of the regional council concerned, the following documents:
1° The deliberation of the territorial authority or public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation requesting the establishment of the market of national interest on its territory and deciding on the method of development and management of the said market;
2° In the event that the said authority or establishment chooses to delegate the development or management, or the development and management, of the market to a legal entity, it attaches to the dossier the consultation regulations, the specifications setting out the rights and obligations of the future delegatee and, in particular, its method of remuneration;
3° An economic and financial report including a financing plan and a viability study of the site with a provisional balance sheet;
4° A description of the site with regard, in particular, to its compatibility with the town planning documents in force;
5° A location plan of the market showing, in particular, the road and rail links.
The dossier is sent to the regional prefect, who forwards it to the relevant ministers with his opinion.