I.-Any federation of associations referred to in the third paragraph of Article 2-15 may be registered with the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the procedures specified in II of this article, if it meets the following three conditions on the date of its application for registration:
a) Prove the existence of at least five years of effective activity with a view to defending the interests of victims of collective accidents;
b) Bring together at least ten associations of victims approved on the basis of the first paragraph of article 2-15;
c) Prove the total number of members of these associations, with the status of crime victims, to be greater than or equal to 1,000.
II.-The application for registration, sent to the Minister of Justice, includes the following documents:
a) The statutes of the federation;
b) An extract from the Official Journal of the French Republic certifying the date of its declaration;
c) An activity report covering the last five years;
d) A document justifying the number of approved associations affiliated to the federation and the number of their members.
When the application submitted is complete, a receipt will be issued.
The decision to register or refuse registration is notified to the federation concerned within two months of the date of issue of the receipt. If no decision is notified within this period, registration is deemed to have been granted. Reasons shall be given for any decision to refuse registration.
The Minister of Justice shall draw up and keep up to date in a register the list of federations entitled to bring civil action pursuant to the third paragraph of article 2-15.
The registration may be withdrawn, by reasoned decision of the Minister of Justice, if the federation no longer meets the conditions set out in I of this article. The federation shall first be given formal notice to submit its observations.
The federation that intends to contest a decision to refuse or withdraw registration must, prior to any legal action, submit an informal appeal to the Minister of Justice.
III.-Each year, a registered federation sends the Minister of Justice its activity report, which specifies in particular the number of associations that make it up and the number of their members.