French Tourism Code

For the application of article L. 141-2, a Government Commissioner is appointed to the French Tourist Development Agency by order of the Minister for Tourism. The Government Commissioner attends meetings of the Agency’s Board of Directors and is heard whenever he or she so requests. Within ten days of the meeting, the Government Commissioner is notified of the minutes of the deliberations of the Board of Directors. The Government Commissioner…

Decisions of a financial or budgetary nature, in particular those relating to the estimates of expenditure and revenue, loans, the creation of subsidiaries and the acquisition of financial holdings, are enforceable if the Minister responsible for tourism has not objected to them within fifteen days of notification being made to the Government Commissioner.

The Registration Commission referred to in Article L. 141-2 is responsible for establishing, maintaining and updating the register referred to in Article L. 141-3. In this capacity, it receives applications for registration or renewal of registration, decides on these applications, deletes entries from the register and sends notifications to interested parties in accordance with the provisions of Title I. The Registration Committee is made up of seven members, including its…

The Commission for commercial tourist accommodation referred to in article L. 141-2 is responsible for issuing an opinion on the draft classification tables for hotels, tourist residences, furnished tourist accommodation, residential tourist villages, holiday villages, camping and caravan parks, residential leisure parks and guest rooms, prior to any changes being made to these tables. The Minister for Tourism or the Managing Director of the Agency may also refer to it…

The commission for commercial tourist accommodation is made up of: 1° Eleven representatives of commercial tourist accommodation professionals: – five representatives of the hotel industry, appointed respectively by the Union des métiers et des industries de l’hôtellerie (UMIH), the Syndicat national des hôteliers, restaurateurs, cafetiers et traiteurs (SYNHORCAT), the Groupement national des chaînes hôtelières (GNC), the Confédération des professionnels indépendants de l’hôtellerie (CPIH) and the Fédération autonome générale de l’industrie…