Section 5: Concentrations and events organised on roads open to public traffic or in places not open to public traffic and involving motorised land vehicles

Any concentration or event may only begin after the organiser has provided the competent administrative authority or its representative with an insurance policy taken out with one or more companies approved in France, in another Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The insurance policy covering the event and its trials covers the civil liability of the organiser…

The organiser is liable to the State and local authorities for fees representing the cost of setting up the special security service required to ensure the safety of spectators and traffic during the concentration or event and, where applicable, its preparation and testing. This provision applies to the security service present on the premises of the event if it is organised on a closed circuit or on the course for…

The organiser is obliged to restore the roads open to public traffic and their appurtenances to their original state, for which he has obtained private use on the occasion of the concentration or event.

The Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Infrastructure shall jointly draw up a list of roads that are permanently, periodically or temporarily off-limits to all concentrations or events or to certain categories of them because of the impact that they may have on the economy, tourism or general safety. They may, however, specify the conditions under which such roads may be crossed or used over a reduced distance…

The distribution or sale of printed matter or objects at a concentration or event may only take place under the conditions and in the places determined by the competent administrative authorities with the agreement of the organiser and the owner or owners of the premises.