Paragraph 2: Procedure before the Advisory Committee

Within a period of one month from the date of submission of the application for individual authorisation, approval or renewal of approval, and provided that the file submitted is complete, the administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1 will notify the interested parties : 1° Refusal of authorisation or approval ; 2° The fact that it is proceeding with further investigation and, in this case, the one-month period is extended…

When the administrative authority defined in Article R. 7124-1 has not made its decision known within the period of one month set in the first paragraph of Article R. 7124-23 : 1° The application for individual authorisation or approval is considered to have been rejected ; 2° The application for renewal of the authorisation is deemed to have been accepted.

Reasons must be given for refusing or withdrawing individual authorisations and approvals. Reasons may be given at the request of persons qualified by their activities in the field of child protection or by their interest in the minors concerned. Applicants may be heard by the committee if they so wish. They may be assisted or represented by a person of their choice.

Withdrawal of the individual authorisation and of the approvals provided for respectively in articles L. 7124-3 and L. 7124-5 is pronounced by the administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1 after receiving the committee’s assent, either on its own initiative or at the request of any qualified person.