The persons referred to in Article L. 125-1 constitute, in the form of an economic interest grouping or a société anonyme à capital variable or a société coopérative de commerçants détaillants, a legal entity which has ownership and enjoyment or only enjoyment of the buildings and ancillary areas of the collective shop, defines and implements the common policy, organises and manages the common services.
The economic interest grouping or company, owner of all or part of the land, buildings and ancillary areas of the collective shop, may not retrocede all or part of this real estate to its members during the existence of the said shop.
Only economic interest groupings, public limited companies with variable capital and cooperative societies of retail traders which comply with the provisions of this chapter for their formation and operation may be considered as collective shops of independent traders, and only they are authorised to take this title and to add it to their name.