BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

The application for registration of an exhibition centre is sent electronically by its operator to the prefect of the département in which its facilities are located. If the exhibition centre and its outbuildings extend over several départements, registration is made with the département where the main access to the exhibition centre is located. An application is made for each park that constitutes an enclosed complex without direct and private access…

If the registration application file is complete, the prefect will send the exhibition centre operator, by electronic means, a registration receipt for each centre within one month of receipt of the file. If the application is incomplete, the Prefect will notify the interested party of the list of missing documents within fifteen days of receipt. If the missing additional elements are not produced, the registration application cannot be issued with…

Any change in the information contained in the initial application for registration of an exhibition centre is subject to an amending declaration to the prefect under the same conditions as the initial procedure.

The trade events that must be declared as part of the annual programme by an exhibition park are: 1° Trade shows as defined by article L. 762-2 ; 2° Commercial events, usually referred to as “trade fairs”, open to the public and in which a group of natural or legal persons belonging to a professional branch or a group of professional branches collectively and temporarily exhibit goods or offer services…