Chapter III: Expiry of licences.

A 3rd and 4th category public house that has ceased to exist for more than five years is deemed to have been closed down and may no longer be transferred. However, in the event of compulsory liquidation, the five-year period is extended, where applicable, until the close of business. Similarly, the five-year period is suspended for the duration of a provisional closure ordered by the judicial or administrative authorities. When…

An establishment that ceases to operate as a result of : 1° its owner being called up or mobilised for service in the French or Allied armies, or leaving for an Allied country ; 2° its requisition ; 3° If it is absolutely impossible to operate as a result of general prohibition or evacuation measures, may be reopened within one year of the cessation of the legal or de facto…

Pubs destroyed by wartime events may, within the same municipality and subject to protected areas, be reopened or transferred to a location other than that of the original or replacement building, within six months of the definitive re-erection of the original building, regardless of its location. The same public houses that have been temporarily relocated, in particular to buildings that may be subject to consolidation or reconstruction obligations, may be…