Question 17938 — woods and forests

Summary

Mr. Philippe Fait draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for foreign trade and attractiveness, to the situation of companies operating in the firewood supply sector. These professionals, who contribute to maintaining a local offer in rural and peri-urban areas, are faced with increasing competition linked to the multiplication, particularly on online ad platforms, of sales of firewood offered by individuals or by sellers not necessarily relating to a declared professional activity. This situation is likely to create a significant distortion of competition with regard to companies which carry out their activity in a professional context and must bear all the tax, social and social charges. regulations applicable to them, as well as obligations linked in particular to product quality, invoicing and consumer information. If the occasional sale of wood between individuals must naturally continue to be possible, the development of regular or commercial sales activities by people who do not have professional status can weaken the companies in the sector and encourage practices that escape the obligations to which professionals are subject. In this context, the MP asks the Minister what measures the Government intends to take in order to better regulate regular sales of firewood carried out by non-professional persons, particularly on digital platforms, and to strengthen the means enabling activities to be identified. concealed commercial activities. In particular, he wishes to know whether measures could be considered in connection with online advertising platforms, in order to reserve regular publications of firewood sales for professional sellers with a SIRET number, while maintaining the possibility for individuals to make occasional sales within a clearly defined framework. He also wants to know if a Evolution of the regulatory framework could be considered in order to guarantee fairer competition between professionals in the sector and non-professional sellers.

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