TITLE V: Commercial facilities.

The Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) is authorised to implement in its decentralised departments and at the central administration an automated processing of information involving personal data entitled “Base d’aide logicielle à l’inventaire” (BALI).

The purpose of the automated processing is to enable the examination of applications for authorisation of retail areas, the monitoring of authorised areas and participation in the work of the departmental commercial facilities observatories mentioned in article L. 751-9.To this end, the application lists the commercial establishments subject to commercial authorisation pursuant to article L. 752-1.

The categories of information recorded in connection with the investigation of cases are set out in Table A of Annex 7-7. The categories of information recorded under the census and control mission of authorised areas are set out in Table B of Annex 7-7.

The data referred to in Article A. 750-3.

The High Official for Defence and Security (HFDS), the Directorate General of the Treasury (DGTPE), the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the Departmental Equipment Directorates (DDE), the Departmental Commercial Equipment Observatories (ODEC) and the Regional Commercial Equipment Observatories (OREC) are recipients of the data recorded under the census and control mission of the authorised areas appearing in Table B of l’annexe 7-7.

Persons who so request may be provided with the following information: A. – Categories of information recorded in connection with the processing of applications: A-1. Description of the application A-1.1. Date and purpose of the application (creation/extension and total surface area created). A-1.2. Location (postal address: number and street, commune, Cedex, name of commercial estate, name of shopping centre, department code) and type of project (commercial complex/isolated shop). A-1.3. Main…

The information recorded concerning the operating company is updated and kept for as long as it appears in the INSEE SIRENE file. When a request for authorisation has been investigated, the identity of applicants is automatically cleared at the end of a period of one year from the CDEC’s decision.

The right to object provided for in the article 38 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms does not apply to the processing set up.

The right of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties is exercised with the heads of the competition, consumer affairs and fraud control unit in the department where the business is or will be located.