The State determines the procedures for classifying furnished tourist accommodation in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decree.
The decision to classify a furnished tourist accommodation in a category, based on criteria set out in a classification table drawn up by the body referred to in article L. 141-2 and approved by order of the Minister for Tourism, is made by the body that carried out the classification visit.
This classification visit is carried out:
1° Either by assessment bodies accredited, under conditions laid down by order of the Minister responsible for tourism, in the fields corresponding to their missions by the national accreditation body mentioned in article 137 of the aforementioned law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 or by any equivalent European body that is a signatory to the multilateral agreement adopted within the framework of the European coordination of accreditation bodies;
2° Or, under conditions laid down by decree, by bodies which, on 22 July 2009, held the approval required to issue inspection certificates for furnished tourist accommodation.
The body that carried out the classification inspection sends its classification decision to the body mentioned in article L. 132-2.