The application for authorisation is sent electronically to the Prefect, with an electronic acknowledgement of receipt sent immediately.
The Prefect has one month from receipt of the authorisation application to check that it is complete and to request any additional information or details. Once this one-month period has elapsed, the application for authorisation is deemed to be complete.
The investigation period is three months.
The investigation period is three months. It runs from the date of receipt by the prefecture of a complete application for authorisation.