Requirement:

If an event is taking place in a room, the number of participants must be taken into
account.
The room chosen must have a sufficient number of exit routes for the number of
participants, in accordance with the following regulations:

In France:

In Switzerland:
Minimum
Number of exits
Number of people width of exits Minimum width of
required by law Number of
(in metres) Number of exits exits
people
(in metres)
Fewer than 20 1 0.9
Up to 50 1 0.9
1 + 1 alternative
0.9 + 0.6
20 to 50 exit (a) 51 - 100 2 1.8

Or 1 (b) 1.4 3 or 2 0.9 + 0.9 + 0.9

101 - 200
0.9 + 0.9 0.9 + 1.2
2 or 1 + 1
51 - 100
alternative exit (a) 1.4 + 0.6 If the number of people in the room is over 200, the total
combined width of the exits must correspond to the
101 - 200 2 0.9 + 0.4 following:
(0.9 + 1.8) or  On the ground floor: 0.6 m per 100 people
201 - 300 2
(1.4 + 1.4) e.g.: 540 people in the room
(0.9 + 2.4) or
301 - 400 2 = 3.24 rounded up to 3.6 m
(1.4 + 1.8)
Minimum width of exits (in metres): 1.2 + 1.2 + 1.2 or 1.8 +
(0.9 + 3.0) or 1.8 or 2.4+ 1.2
401 - 500 2 (1.4 + 2.4) or  On upper floors: 0.6 m per 60 people:
(1.8 + 1.8) e.g.: 300 people in the room

(a) An alternative exit (via a balcony, terrace, fixed ladder =3m

or short escape route) of a minimum width of 0.6 m.
Minimum width of exits (in metres): 1.8 + 1.2
(b) This solution is accepted if the exit route is less than
25m long and the room concerned is not below ground  Below ground level: 0.6 m for every 50 people:
level.
e.g.: 420 people in the room

= 5.04 rounded up to 5.4 m

Minimum width of exits (in metres): 1.8 + 1.8 + 1.8 or 2.4 +

1.8 + 1.2 or 1.2 + 1.2 + 1.2 + 1.8 or 3.0 + 2.4
Each of the exits must be at least 1.2 m wide. If the calculation
of the width required for the exits gives a figure higher than
1.2m, it must be rounded up to the next multiple of 0.6 m.

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