Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

I. – Companies that do not meet the conditions set out in articles L. 522-5 and L. 522-6 may, however, apply for approval as general warehouses for the warehouses they operate or plan to operate and obtain, this approval if it is recognised that the interests of trade require it. II. – In this case: 1° The application for authorisation is subject to the publicity measures provided for by regulation…

The prefectoral decree authorising the opening of the general shop subjects its operator to the obligation of a bond. The same obligation applies to the establishments referred to in article L. 522-8. The amount of this bond, proportional to the surface area allocated to warehousing, is between two limits set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

One or more standard regulations shall lay down, within the framework of the provisions of this chapter and of the Decree in Council of State adopted for its application, the operating conditions of the establishments.