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Article R331-6 of the French Sports Code

A declaration is required for all sporting events which take place in whole or in part on a public road or a road open to public traffic, or on its ancillary roads, and which:

1° Either constitute events, races or competitions involving timekeeping, a ranking, based in particular either on the highest speed achieved or on a set average, or a timetable fixed in advance;

2° Or constitute events without a ranking, without timekeeping and without a timetable fixed in advance involving more than one hundred participants.

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Article R331-6

Sont soumises à déclaration les manifestations sportives qui se déroulent en totalité ou en partie sur une voie publique ou ouverte à la circulation publique ou sur ses dépendances et qui :


1° Soit constituent des épreuves, courses ou compétitions comportant un chronométrage, un classement, en fonction notamment soit de la plus grande vitesse réalisée soit d’une moyenne imposée, ou un horaire fixé à l’avance ;


2° Soit constituent des manifestations sans classement, sans chronométrage et sans horaire fixé à l’avance comptant plus de cent participants.

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