Section 2: Authorisation and prior declaration

The authorisation provided for in article L. 331-5 is requested at least three months before the date set for the event. Where the sporting event is a competition involving sports betting, the application for authorisation must be accompanied by the information mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 131-38. In the absence of a response within one month of receipt of the application, the authorisation is deemed to…

Organisers of profit-making sporting, recreational or cultural events where the public and staff involved in the event may number more than 1,500 people, either in terms of the number of seats or the surface area reserved for them, are required to make a declaration in the forms and under the conditions set out in articles R. 211-22 to R. 211-26 of the French Internal Security Code.

Any competition, meeting, demonstration or public event other than those provided for in articles R. 331-4, R. 331-6, R. 331-20 and R. 331-46, in a sport for which no federation has been delegated and which is not organised by an approved sports federation, must be declared to the administrative authority at least one month before the date of the planned event. A joint order by the Minister for the Interior…