Notify the authorities of the change of operator, or apply for prior authorization
Selling your business or facility under the ICPE (Installations Classées pour l'Environnement - Environmentally Classified Facilities) regime

The operator is the person who holds the title by virtue of which he has the legal capacity to operate the facility. In concrete terms, his identity appears on the declaration receipt, registration order or authorization order.

These may include :

• a natural person (an individual, a manager) or a legal entity (for example, a commercial company, a local authority, a government department, a public institution);

• a private legal entity (e.g. a trading company) or a public legal entity (e.g. a municipality).

The transfer of an activity or facility entails a change in the identity of the natural or legal person in charge of the ICPE operation: this is a change of operator, subject either to declaration or to prior authorization.