Economic operators who conduct commercial activities, services, and public food services (corresponding to the CAEN codes listed in the Annex) are required to submit documentation to obtain the operation permit, respectively the functioning authorization for carrying out public food service activities.

It is not necessary to obtain the functioning authorization in the following situations:

• for the headquarters of the economic operator where exclusively office activity is conducted without involving public access, except in situations where explicit authorization is requested, motivated by the requirement of a legislative act (e.g. organizing auctions, courses, bank loans, etc);
• for the branch offices of legal entities with a non-profit purpose (associations, foundations, etc) that do not conduct commercial activities or provide services;
• for activities of manufacturing food and non-food products carried out in industrial zones specified in the P.U.Z. and that do not involve selling products through their own sales structures;
• for spaces exclusively for gambling and betting;
• for law offices, headquarters of public notaries, judicial executors, judicial liquidators, mediators, accounting experts;
• for medical offices, medical analysis laboratories, and medical clinics;
• for financial intermediation activities (currency exchange, insurance, etc);
• for other forms of legal organization operating under special laws.