French Sports Code

For the purposes of this section : 1° Sports arenas are establishments open to the public, within the meaning of article R. 143-2 of the Code de la Construction et de l’Habitation (Building and Housing Code), to which access can be permanently controlled and which include fixed or temporary stands; 2° A fixed stand is one that remains in place for more than three consecutive months; otherwise, it is a…

When submitting the application for planning permission for the structure that is the subject of the application for approval of a sports arena subject to the provisions of articles L. 312-5 and L. 312-12, the owner sends an application for approval to the Prefect of the département in which the arena is located. The form that this application must take and the documents attached to it are set, after consultation…

The approval provided for in article L. 312-5 is granted by the Prefect, after obtaining the opinion of the Departmental Safety and Accessibility Advisory Committee and then, in the cases provided for by the order mentioned in article R. 312-11, of the National Sports Venue Safety Committee.

An order by the Minister for Sport, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de sécurité des enceintes sportives, sets out the categories of sports venues whose approval is granted by the Prefect after consultation with this commission.

Approval is subject to : 1° Compliance of the enclosure and its component works with the technical provisions and standards relating to the construction, servicing and access of the buildings applicable to them; 2° Compliance with any special requirements made necessary by the configuration of the enclosure, its environment or the use for which it is intended.

Within four months of receiving the application for approval, the Prefect, after obtaining the opinion of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Safety and Accessibility and, in the cases provided for by the order referred to in article R. 312-11, of the National Committee on Safety for Sports Venues, notifies the owner of the facility of his opinion on the application for approval in accordance with the order referred to in…

The additional file in accordance with the order mentioned in article R. 312-9 is sent to the Prefect when the work is handed over. After consulting the departmental consultative committee on safety and accessibility, the Prefect notifies the owner of the equipment of the approval order. The approval order : 1° Fixes the maximum number of spectators and its distribution per stand, fixed or temporary, and outside the stand. Only…