Companies operating general shops, with the exception of those issuing storage receipts, are deemed to fall within the scope of article L. 522-5 if one of their members, owning more than 10% of the share capital, engages in an activity incompatible with the provisions of the said article. .
Any operating company which, as a result of a change in the distribution of capital among the members, no longer meets the conditions required by article L. 522-6 must, within one month of this change, apply to maintain the authorisation of which it is the beneficiary. The authorisation remains valid until the prefect has made a decision by order. The prefect may either decide to maintain the authorisation under the…
Where the opening of an establishment is subject to the intervention of a ministerial decree or order, approval of that establishment as a general shop is granted by that decree or order.
Operators of approved establishments are not required to apply for authorisation under texts regulating the creation, extension or transfer of establishments.
Decrees or orders approving establishments as general shops may include authorisation for the operator to open a public sales room for wholesale goods.
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.
Anyone handing over goods for deposit at a general shop is required to declare the nature and value of the goods to the operator.
General warehouse operators are responsible, within the limits of the declared value, for the custody and preservation of the warehouses entrusted to them. They are not liable for natural damage and waste arising from the nature and packaging of the goods or from cases of force majeure. The standard regulations and special regulations provided for in articles L. 522-13 and L. 522-17 specify the obligations of operators with regard to…
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