A fee for access to the collective facilities and services of a Nordic site dedicated to the practice of cross-country skiing and non-motorised snow sports other than downhill skiing and intended to encourage the practice of these activities may be instituted by decision of the municipal council of the municipality whose territory includes such a site, or of the competent inter-municipal cooperation body, provided that the site has one or more signposted itineraries and reception facilities as well as, where applicable, other specific facilities, and that it is regularly maintained, in particular with appropriate grooming of the itineraries. Each year, a deliberation sets the amount of the fee and the conditions for its collection.
In the case of facilities extending over several communes, the amount and conditions for the collection of the fee are set by joint deliberation of the municipal councils concerned.
Free and unrestricted access to the natural environment is maintained on all Nordic sites with cross-country skiing or non-motorised snow leisure routes subject to access fees, in compliance with the rights of the owners, the police regulations in force and the development and grooming of the routes.