For each festival or fair, the authorisation is issued to the person responsible for organising it by the prefect of the département or, in Paris, by the police prefect or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, by the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect, specifying the beneficiary of the authorisation and the date, place and times of the event.
If there is no response from the authorities within two months of the date of the acknowledgement of receipt, the application is deemed to have been accepted.
Authorisation will be refused if the conditions under which the event is organised do not guarantee respect for public order, the protection of minors and the provisions of the Public Health Code relating to the fight against alcoholism.