Administrative detention centres are set up, on the proposal of the minister responsible for immigration, by joint order of the minister responsible for social affairs, the minister responsible for immigration, the minister of the interior and the minister of justice.
This order specifies the address of the centre and whether its surveillance is entrusted to the national police or the national gendarmerie and whether the centre is likely to accommodate families.
It also specifies whether the centre can accommodate a foreign national whose detention is extended pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 742-5, L. 742-6 or L. 742-7.