New government campaign to identify "turnkey" industrial sites in France

"These are sites where you can quickly obtain a building permit, three months", as well as other regulatory authorizations, "which allows a project leader to arrive without having to concentrate on this aspect, and to focus on its project, explained the minister on BFM Business.

This program, launched last year, has already identified 78 sites. A dozen were unveiled in January and 66 more this summer, out of more than 300 candidates.

"It works very well because we have the ability to return to factory installation times that are equivalent to those of our European neighbors. And we have not lowered our environmental requirements", defended Ms. Pannier- Runacher.

In addition to faster authorizations, these sites are equipped upstream with dedicated infrastructures (energy, broadband, logistics).

This new call for proposals, open until March 31, 2021, "will make it possible to complete the territorial network of turnkey sites", also details a press release.

It will make it possible to integrate into the system "industrial sites pending cessation of activity or rehabilitated brownfields", in particular in order to "fight against the artificialization of soils" and "revitalize" the territories concerned.