Any owner of a sports facility must declare it to the Prefect of the département in which the facility is located within three months of it being brought into service.
In the case of a space or site developed for nature sports, the declaration must be made within three months of the development being completed.
A declaration must be made, in the same way, prior to any modification to the declared data, change of use, transfer or removal of a private sports facility covered by the first paragraph of article L. 312-3. This declaration is equivalent to a request for authorisation.
A declaration must be made, in the same way, at the latest three months after any modification to the declared data, change of use, transfer or removal of a public sports facility or a private facility not covered by the first paragraph of article L. 312-3.