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title: "DPE (registered practice premises) · Treats"
description: "The DPE is, under article R242-53 of the French Rural Code, the registered premises where vets practise, accessible to them at all times."
url: https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/dpe/
lang: en-GB
updated: 2026-11-07
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[Glossary](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/)

# DPEregistered practice premises

The DPE is, under article R242-53 of the French Rural Code, the registered premises where vets practise, accessible to them at all times.

Every DPE must be declared to the regional council of the [Ordre des vétérinaires](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/ordre-des-veterinaires/) before it opens. A practising vet has at least one; a multi-site group has several.

When animals are brought there for treatment, the DPE becomes regulated veterinary premises (see [veterinary premises categories](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/etablissement-de-soins-veterinaires/)). Since 3 August 2026, each DPE must publish its general terms of operation: identity, species treated, prices, opening hours, team, delegated procedures, continuity of care and GDPR information.

## Sources

* [French Rural Code, article R242-53 (Légifrance)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article%5Flc/LEGIARTI000030361074)
* [Order of 30 July 2026 on general terms of operation (Légifrance)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000054596327)

 Checked on 7 November 2026 · by [Amir Davies](https://www.treats.vet/en/about/amir-davies/)

## See also

* [Ordre des vétérinaires](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/ordre-des-veterinaires/) The Ordre des vétérinaires is the statutory body every practising vet in France must join; it keeps the register of vets and enforces professional ethics and independence (article L242-1 of the French Rural Code).
* [Veterinary premises categories](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/etablissement-de-soins-veterinaires/) French law reserves the titles practice, clinic, specialist referral centre and veterinary hospital for regulated veterinary premises that meet the standards of the order of 13 March 2015.