The trade events that must be declared as part of the annual programme by an exhibition park are:
1° Trade shows as defined by article L. 762-2 ;
2° Commercial events, usually referred to as “trade fairs”, open to the public and in which a group of natural or legal persons belonging to a professional branch or a group of professional branches collectively and temporarily exhibit goods or offer services falling within a limited list of products or services determined by the organiser, which may be the subject of a direct sale with collection of the goods or performance of the service contract ;
3° Commercial events, usually referred to as “fairs”, in which a group of natural or legal persons collectively and temporarily exhibit goods or offer services that may be the subject of a direct sale with removal of the goods or performance of the service contract.
The events referred to in 3° of III of article L. 310-2 do not have to be declared as part of the annual programme.