I. – On an experimental basis and for a period of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory of prices, margins and incomes, the State representative shall negotiate each year with the large and medium-sized retailers present in the territory a maximum professional tariff for their wholesale activity with regard to small retail outlets registered with the trade and companies register.
II. – If no agreement is reached within one month of the start of negotiations, the State representative will decide, on the basis of the negotiations referred to in I, on the maximum professional tariff and its framework. The procedures for calculating a maximum tariff consist of a percentage increase in relation to the purchase price of large and medium-sized supermarkets or a percentage reduction in relation to the prices charged to consumers.
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