#TECL2616605AFrance Sets New CERFA Forms for Outdoor Advertising and Signage Permits
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This order updates the official CERFA forms used in France for prior declarations and permit requests involving advertising devices, pre-signs, and business signs. Companies, advertisers, sign makers, and local authorities must use the new form numbers for the relevant type of request from 1 July 2026. It also standardizes how mayors assign registration numbers to these requests. The number must include location codes, the year of filing, and a sequential case number, with a prefix showing whether the file concerns advertising, a sign, or a prior declaration.
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Key Changes
- Introduces CERFA form 16308 for prior authorization requests for signs.
- Introduces CERFA form 16309 for prior authorization requests for advertising devices or pre-signs.
- Introduces CERFA form 16310 for prior declarations for advertising devices or pre-signs and standardizes registration numbering.
Obligations
What this law requires
Use CERFA form no. 16308 when filing a prior authorization request for a device or material supporting a business sign (enseigne).
Use CERFA form no. 16309 when filing a prior authorization request for a device or material supporting advertising or a pre-sign (préenseigne).
Use CERFA form no. 16310 when filing a prior declaration for a device or material supporting advertising or a pre-sign (préenseigne).
Make the required CERFA forms available to the public through the official Entreprendre Service Public website.
Assign each prior authorization request and prior declaration request a thirteen-character registration number composed of the three-digit INSEE department code, three-digit INSEE commune code, two-digit filing year, and five-character sequential case number.