1. Inform your successor
You can be bound to your buyer or your lessor:
a contract for the sale of the activity or facility;
a lease on the premises of the facility, in the event of transfer of the business only.
Whatever the contract, and whatever the classification of your facility (D, DC, E, A, AS), you have an obligation to inform your successor, based on either general contract law or ICPE regulations.
Failure to comply with your duty to inform exposes you to legal risk.
1.1 A general obligation to provide information
Under French law, there is a general obligation for contracting parties to provide each other with information....
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Inform your successor
Notify the authorities of the change of operator, or apply for prior authorization
Regulatory reference
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book V, title I, article L. 514-20
book V, title I, articles R. 512-68 and R. 516-1
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