French Tourism Code

A receipt will be issued once the application is complete. An application for authorisation submitted by a natural person must state the applicant’s marital status, profession and place of residence, as well as the address of its registered office. An application for authorisation submitted on behalf of a legal entity shall state the company name, legal form, articles of association, address of the registered office and its secondary establishments or…

The regional prefect has two months in which to issue the authorisation or make known his reasoned refusal, if he considers that the organisation does not ensure conditions of safety for disabled adults and does not guarantee that their state of health and their physical and moral integrity and well-being are taken into account. The same applies if it considers that the organisation does not offer sufficient guarantees, particularly financial…

Approval for “organised adapted holidays” is issued by the Prefect for a period of five years. During this period, the approved natural or legal person is required to send the Prefect, by any means, including fax or e-mail, a detailed quantitative, qualitative and financial report on the organised adapted holiday activities implemented during the previous year. The report shall specify the measures taken to remedy any shortcomings identified during the…

The regional prefect shall be informed by the approved natural or legal person within two months of any substantial change affecting the material elements on the basis of which approval was granted.

Two months before a holiday is due to take place, any natural or legal person holding “organised adapted holidays” approval is required to inform, by any means, including by fax or e-mail, on the basis of a form conforming to a model laid down by order of the ministers responsible for disabled persons and tourism, the prefect(s) of the department(s) where the holiday is to be organised. It must also…

The persons responsible for organising the holiday at the holiday destination are required to inform the Prefect of the département in which the holiday destination is situated without delay of any serious accident or any situation that presents or has presented serious risks to the health, integrity or physical and moral well-being of disabled adults. The regional prefect who issued the authorisation is informed of this information.

I.-Health and social action inspectors, public health medical inspectors, public health pharmacist inspectors, health engineers, health study engineers, health technicians, as well as inspectors and inspectors from regional health agencies appointed for this purpose by the director general of the regional health agency, and staff from the decentralised services of the judicial protection of young people, carry out inspections of holiday stays and places, as well as places where holidaymakers…

I.-The Prefect of the département, in the light of the reports made pursuant to article R. 412-14-1 or the report referred to in article R. 412-15, may issue injunctions. If the injunctions, addressed jointly to the approved natural or legal person and to the person responsible for the holiday in question, are not complied with within the time limits specified by the Prefect, the latter will terminate the holiday. In…

Approval for “organised adapted holidays” is withdrawn by decision of the regional prefect, once it has been established that the qualified organisation no longer meets the conditions for approval. The organisation is notified by registered letter of the draft decree withdrawing its approval and has one month in which to submit its observations. During this period, the “organised adapted holidays” approval is suspended. The withdrawal decision prohibits the organisation in…

Approval decisions, suspensions and withdrawals of approval are published in the prefecture’s official journal of administrative acts.