Any manufacturer or merchant of apparatus suitable for the distillation, manufacture or ironing of eaux-de-vie or spirits is required, at least three days before the start of the manufacture or trade, to make a declaration of his profession to the administration and to designate the number, nature and capacity of the apparatus or portions of apparatus that he has in his possession at his place of residence or elsewhere (1).
(1) See Annex III, art. 350 quater III 1°.