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Article A312-5 of the French Sports Code

The owner of the sports stadium must attach to the application for approval any document that the Prefect deems necessary to inform the Departmental Safety and Accessibility Advisory Committee and, where applicable, the National Safety Committee for Sports Stadia, after consultation with these bodies.

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Article A312-6 of the French Sports Code

The application for approval and the accompanying file, signed by the owner, must be drawn up in triplicate; this figure is increased to six for categories of sports arenas subject to the opinion of the Commission nationale de sécurité des enceintes sportives.

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Article A312-7 of the French Sports Code

The application for approval and the attached documents must be sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, or deposited against receipt, at the prefecture of the département in which the construction is planned or in which the structure is located.

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Article A312-8 of the French Sports Code

Any new application for approval is made under the same conditions and according to the same procedure as that used to grant the initial approval: – in the case of a permanent modification to the enclosure or its layout, the documents listed in article A. 312-3 are produced for the modified part of the structure; – in the case of a modification to the environment, the documents listed in article…

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Article A312-9 of the French Sports Code

In sports establishments subject to homologation, a “homologation notice”, the model for which is reproduced in appendix III-4 of this code, is displayed in a visible and indelible manner near the main entrances. This notice is duly completed by the owner or operator, under their responsibility, based on the information contained in the homologation order. It includes the following information: – the date of signature and the number of the…

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Article A312-10 of the French Sports Code

The Commission nationale de sécurité des enceintes sportives, referred to in article R. 312-22, comprises, in addition to its Chairman: 1° Seven representatives of the State, ex officio members:a) Two representatives of the Minister for Sport:– the head of the office responsible for equipment in the Department of Sport or his representative;– the head of the office responsible for legal affairs in the Department of Sport or his representative;b) Three…

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Article A312-11 of the French Sports Code

After receiving the opinion of the Commission nationale de sécurité des enceintes sportives, the Prefect approves outdoor sports arenas with a capacity of 15,000 spectators or more and indoor sports arenas with a capacity of 8,000 spectators or more.

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Article A322-1 of the French Sports Code

It is the responsibility of the administrative authority, when requesting the issue of bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record and the information contained in the automated national judicial file of perpetrators of sexual or violent offences, to ensure that the operator of an establishment mentioned in article L. 322-1 has not been convicted of a crime or one of the offences mentioned in article L. 212-9.

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Article A322-2 of the French Sports Code

The administrative authority may oppose the opening or order the temporary or permanent closure of an establishment whose operator has refused to provide it with information enabling it to monitor the operator’s compliance with the guarantee provided for in article L. 322-1.

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