#2026-443Security Screening Rules for Eurosatory 2026
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Eurosatory 2026 is classified as a major event, which triggers special administrative security checks for people accessing key event areas in a non-spectator role. This mainly affects exhibitors, staff, contractors, service providers, media, and other accredited workers at the Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition site and selected ParisLongchamp areas. The organiser, COGES Events, must send screening requests to the Interior Ministry by midnight on 19 June 2026. Businesses involved in the event should make sure their personnel lists, accreditations, and access needs are prepared early to avoid delays or access problems.
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Key Changes
- Classifies Eurosatory 2026 as a major event under French internal security rules
- Requires administrative security checks for non-spectator access to specified halls, parking areas, and ParisLongchamp facilities
- Sets the Interior Minister as the authority issuing screening opinions, with requests due by midnight on 19 June 2026
Obligations
What this law requires
COGES Events must submit administrative security screening opinion requests to the Minister of the Interior for all non-spectator persons requiring access to the designated Eurosatory 2026 event areas.
Non-spectator persons accessing the specified Eurosatory 2026 areas must undergo the administrative screening procedure under Article R. 211-32 of the Internal Security Code.
Access by non-spectator persons to halls 4, 5a, 5b, 6 and 7 and the listed parking areas at Paris-Nord Villepinte from 15 to 19 June 2026 is subject to prior administrative screening.
Access by non-spectator persons to the amphitheatre pavilion, amphitheatre garden, Brasserie Suresnes, and the 'pelouse centrale' and 'Seine' parking areas at ParisLongchamp on 16 June 2026 is subject to prior administrative screening.