Section 3: Operating licences

On completion of the training referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 3332-1-1, the approved body will issue a certificate, known as an "operating licence", to the persons who have taken it, in accordance with a standardised model. This certificate is valid as a licence to operate within the framework mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 3332-1-1 and within the framework of the activity of letting bed and breakfast accommodation within the meaning of article L. 324-3 of the Tourism Code.

For the persons mentioned in article L. 324-4 of the Tourism Code who have completed the training course adapted to the specific conditions of their activity mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 3332-7, the approved body issues the aforementioned certificate bearing the words: "chambre d'hôtes hirer". This certificate is equivalent to an operating permit for the sole purpose of renting out bed and breakfast accommodation within the meaning of article L. 324-3 of the Tourism Code.

At the end of the training course referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 3332-1-1, the approved body issues those who have completed it with a certificate, known as a "permit to sell alcoholic beverages at night", which conforms to a standardised model.

The certificates mentioned in the previous paragraphs contain the following information:

1° The surname, first names, address and date of birth of the person who attended the training course;

2° The registration number of the licence and its expiry date;

3° The dates and location of the training course for which the licence was issued;

4° The name, legal status and address of the approved body issuing the licence;

5° The signature and stamp of the aforementioned organisation;

6° The reference of the order approving the organisation.

The approved training organisation sends a second copy of either of these certificates, by electronic means if necessary, to the prefect of the department in which the holder of the certificate resides or, in Paris, to the police prefect or, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, to the police prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône.

If the holder carries out his activities in a department other than that in which he resides, the training organisation will send a third copy of the certificate under the same conditions to the prefect of the department in which the holder carries out his activities or, in Paris, to the police prefect or, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, to the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect.