Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

The standard regulation(s) provided for in Article L. 522-13 are drawn up and amended by the Fédération nationale des prestataires logistiques et des magasins généraux agrées par l’Etat and submitted to the Minister for Industry for approval. These regulations include the operator’s obligation to make the warehouse locations available for the presentation of goods available on a priority basis and without preference or favour to persons wishing to operate warehousing…

If the storage costs and disbursements relating to goods taken from the general warehouse have not been paid for a period set by the standard professional regulations according to the nature of the goods, the sale by public auction may, after summonsing the depositor, be ordered by the president of the commercial court by order on request, without prejudice to the measures made necessary by the condition of the goods….

The rates annexed to the establishment’s specific regulations include the cost of fire insurance, which is added to the cost of storage. The policies taken out by the operator must include a waiver by the insurance companies of any recourse against depositors.