The persons or organisations carrying out inspections with a view to issuing a health inspection certificate or health inspection exemption certificate are approved by the Prefect, on a proposal from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, for a renewable period of five years. The approval specifies the ports in which they may carry out inspections.
The application for approval is either sent to the prefect by the applicant by letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or lodged against a receipt, or transmitted electronically with a secure electronic signature under the conditions provided for in Article 1367 of the Civil Code and by Decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 issued for its application. The Prefect will acknowledge receipt.