Agriculture & Food

#2024-599Decree No. 2024-599 of June 26, 2024 on the Prior Authorization for Non-Road Diesel Distributors for Agricultural or Forestry Needs

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French decree requires establishments that distribute non-road diesel for agricultural or forestry use to obtain prior authorization. The authorization process involves meeting specific criteria, ensuring compliance with tax obligations, and lasts for six years. It affects businesses involved in the supply of non-road diesel and aims to regulate diesel distribution more tightly to control tax evasion.

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Key Changes

  • Establishments must obtain prior authorization to distribute non-road diesel for agriculture or forestry.
  • Authorization is valid for six years and requires compliance with tax obligations.
  • The decree introduces measures to prevent tax evasion in diesel distribution.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Establishments distributing non-road diesel for agricultural or forestry use must obtain prior authorization from the competent customs service (service de gestion) before commencing operations

Establishments distributing non-road diesel for agricultural or forestry needs
licensing
high

Operators must be current with all excise tax obligations and must not have committed any infractions relating to excise rules during the three years preceding the authorization request

Operators of establishments applying for authorization
high

Operators must provide identification elements and descriptions of their activity and establishment as determined by ministerial decree before authorization can be granted

Operators requesting authorization
disclosure
medium

Authorization is valid for six years from the date of issuance; operators must submit renewal requests to the customs service at least three months before expiration

Authorized establishments seeking to maintain operational status
operational
high

Any changes in information provided during the authorization request must be reported immediately to the customs service; substantial modifications require issuance of a new authorization

Operators of authorized establishments
reporting

Affected Parties

Non-road diesel distributorsAgricultural and forestry businesses

Tags

diesel,agriculture,forestry