Démarche en ligne

Obtaining a license to operate (LOGICS tele-procedure)

Any person, natural or legal, who sets up, expands, reduces a holding or combines holdings shall be subject to authorization to operate, in particular if he:

• has no professional capacity or agricultural experience;
• exceeds the area threshold set by the regional master plan for agricultural holdings, or reduces the area of a holding below that threshold;
• is in a multi-activity situation and has non-agricultural income exceeding the threshold laid down by law;
• operates an area more than a certain distance from its place of business;
• is over 60 years of age;

Authorization to operate is also mandatory in the following cases:

• agricultural holding without an operating member;
• modification of a business with departure of one of the partners;
• creations or extensions of aboveground workshop capacities.

The application for authorization must be made:

• in parallel with the signing of a promise to purchase or a promise to lease the parcels or holding concerned;
• before the execution of the leases or the signing of the deeds of acquisition of the parcel or holding concerned.

Go to the online procedure

Émetteur de la démarche en ligne : Ministry of Agriculture

Verified 01 October 2026 - Entreprendre Service Public / (Prime Minister)