IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TERTIARY SECTOR DECREE IN THE LOGISTICS SECTOR: TENANTS AND OWNERS ORGANIZE TO ENSURE JOINT RESPONSIBILITY

There is an Anglo-Saxon term that aptly represents the spirit required to apply the tertiary decree to warehouses, and which has no evocative equivalent in French: fairness. It was with this spirit of fair play that the tenants and owners, who are jointly responsible for implementing the text, approached the subject. Together, they produced a document setting out common principles.

The tertiary sector decree, promulgated in 2019, requires owners and tenants of tertiary sector buildings to jointly improve their energy performance. However, it does not clearly specify who is to do what, merely stating that everyone must do "according to the provisions of the lease". This strong injunction as to the goal to be achieved, but vague as to the division of responsibilities, "puts to the test" a landlord-tenant relationship that is already often structurally "in tension". While the issue is ultimately one of profit-sharing (as the text imposes nothing if the savings exceed the costs), points of understanding and improvement needed to be shared... and have been.

At Afilog's instigation, the sector's associations and federations (Union TLF, France Supply Chain, Club Demeter) have agreed on a set of common principles, formalized in a co-signed document.