The organiser of an event subject to authorisation must submit an application for authorisation to the prefect of the département where the event is to be held, or to the police prefect if the event is to take place on the airfields of Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Le Bourget and Paris-Orly.
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If the event takes place in more than one département, the application for authorisation must be sent simultaneously to the prefect of each département and also to the Minister of the Interior if there are twenty or more such départements.
The application must be received at least three months before the event is due to take place.
A joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Sport determines the composition and procedures for submitting the application for authorisation.