Form cerfa 14022 — the itinerant trader or craftsperson card

Selling services or products in public space — street, pavement, square, market, covered market, fair, beach — is an ITINERANT activity, and it requires TWO separate authorisations that are often confused. First, a temporary public space occupancy authorisation (AOT), taking one of three forms depending on the location: an application for a market pitch, a parking permit, or a highway permit. Second, in most cases, the ITINERANT TRADE CARD, obtained through a PRIOR DECLARATION to the chamber of commerce (CCI) or the chamber of trades (CMA) you are attached to, using form cerfa no. 14022. The card costs €30, arrives in about 15 days and within one month at most, and is valid for 4 YEARS. The penalties come at two levels and are often overlooked: the absence of the prior declaration leading to the card carries a €750 fine; forgetting to carry the card on business trips, or forgetting to renew it, costs €450. Four situations are exempt from the card, all based on PROXIMITY between the place of sale and the trader's attachment.

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Deadlines

BEFORE starting — the prior declaration: It is a PRIOR declaration: it precedes carrying on the activity. If checked, its absence carries a €750 fine.
About 15 days, one month at most: If the file is complete, the trader receives their card about 15 days after sending the form and supporting documents, and within one month at most. They may request a PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE valid for one month if they need to start trading.
Validity: 4 years: The card is valid for 4 years, after which it must be renewed ON THE TRADER'S OWN INITIATIVE — nobody will remind them.
Renewal: from one month before to two months after expiry: The renewal application may be made from 1 month before the expiry date and up to 2 months after it. Beyond that, A FRESH INITIAL APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. The new card takes between 15 days and one month; a provisional certificate of up to one month is possible, provided the old card is handed back.
The AOT is always temporary: The duration of the public space occupancy authorisation is always temporary — for an event or for a set period — and generally does not exceed one year.

Documents to prepare

Form cerfa no. 14022 — or the form specific to your region, to be checked with your chamber
Certificate of business registration less than 3 months old: registry extract if registered with the trade and companies register, certificate of registration if with the national business register
Copy of a valid identity document: passport, national identity card, or both sides of a residence permit
2 recent passport photographs in 35 x 45 mm format (only 1 if you are established in another EU State)
A cheque for €30 made out to the CCI or the CMA
For those in accommodation: an original signed accommodation statement and the host's proof of address, or an address certificate from the municipal or inter-municipal social action centre
The temporary public space occupancy authorisation matching the location: market pitch, parking permit or highway permit
For an employee carrying on the activity: a copy of your itinerant card, which they must carry

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Who this applies to

The takeaway food business in public space: food truck, pizza van, crêpe van
The hairdresser working from a van or caravan serving as a salon
The market gardener, cheesemonger or florist selling at a market, whether on a fixed or occasional pitch
The fishmonger selling their catch in a square in a coastal town
The baker, butcher, caterer or grocer doing rounds by van in towns or villages
The showman presenting an itinerant attraction: merry-go-round, shooting stand, magician
The beekeeper selling honey in a station concourse, the brewer or winemaker at a trade show, a fair or a Christmas market
The itinerant trader WITH OR WITHOUT fixed premises: a baker who has a shop and does rounds is covered just as a pizza van with no restaurant is
NOT covered: door-to-door and home sellers (independent home sales agents, commercial agents, sales representatives, newspaper vendors and hawkers), craftspeople travelling to private homes for services, installations, works or repairs (electrician, painter, home hairdresser), and taxis

Worked example

Example: a pizza van, two authorisations, €30 and 4 years

Nadia is launching a pizza van and will sell in squares and markets across several municipalities. She needs TWO things, and the mistake would be to see only one. First authorisation: occupying public space. The form depends on the location — for a square or pavement it is a PARKING PERMIT, applied for from the town hall generally, or from the prefecture where a national or departmental road or certain thoroughfares are involved; for a covered market, a market, a fair or a funfair, it is an APPLICATION FOR A MARKET PITCH, addressed to the town hall, the municipal pitch officer or the event organiser; for a kiosk fixed to the ground or an enclosed terrace, it would be a HIGHWAY PERMIT. This authorisation is always temporary and generally does not exceed one year. Second authorisation: the itinerant trade card. Nadia sells in several municipalities, none of which is where she lives: she falls within none of the four exceptions, so the card is mandatory. She approaches the chamber covering the municipality of her home, her business address or the registered office — the CCI if she is registered with the trade and companies register, the CMA if she is registered only with the national business register or with both. She completes form cerfa no. 14022, scans it and sends it by recorded delivery with acknowledgement of receipt, in person or by email depending on the region; some chambers of commerce, such as CCI Bretagne, offer a fully digital process. She encloses: an extract from the trade and companies register less than 3 months old if registered there (or a certificate of registration in the national business register less than 3 months old), a copy of her valid identity document, 2 recent passport photographs in 35 x 45 mm format, and a cheque for €30 made out to the CCI or the CMA. As her file is complete, she receives her card in about a fortnight; since she is starting straight away, she has requested a provisional certificate valid for one month. Her card will be valid for 4 years, and it is up to her to keep track: more than 2 months after expiry, everything has to be started again as an initial application. If an employee drives the van in her place, they must carry a COPY of their employer's card.

How to fill it in, step by step

First check that your activity is indeed itinerant: selling services or products in public space. Door-to-door and home sellers, craftspeople working at private homes, and taxis are not.
Identify the location you will occupy, as it determines the form of the temporary occupancy authorisation (AOT).
For a covered market, a market, a fair, a trade show or a funfair: apply for a market pitch, from the town hall, the municipal pitch officer or the event organiser.
For public space — street, pavement, square — with a food truck, pizza van, crêpe van, mobile stand, pavement display or open terrace: apply for a parking permit, from the town hall generally, or from the prefecture where a national or departmental road or certain thoroughfares are involved.
For a kiosk fixed to the ground or an enclosed terrace: apply for a highway permit, from the town hall where municipal public property is involved.
Then check whether you fall within one of the four exceptions to the card: activity carried on only at markets in the municipality where you live; only at markets in the municipality where the main establishment of your sedentary business is located; farmer or fisher selling their own produce (or occasionally a small share of another producer's); craftsperson or trader doing rounds in addition to their fixed premises, only in municipalities adjoining them.
If no exception applies, identify the chamber you are attached to: the one covering the municipality of your home, your business address or the registered office. The CCI handles traders registered with the trade and companies register, the CMA those registered only with the national business register or with both.
Obtain form cerfa no. 14022 — many chambers use it, but some offer a form specific to their region: check with yours.
Gather the documents: certificate of business registration less than 3 months old, a copy of your valid identity document, 2 recent passport photographs in 35 x 45 mm format, and a cheque for €30 made out to the CCI or the CMA.
If you are housed by a private individual, add an original accommodation statement signed by your host and a copy of their proof of address; if you are housed in a social centre, a copy of the address certificate from the body (municipal or inter-municipal social action centre) covering the municipality of attachment.
Complete the form, scan it and send it to the CCI or the CMA: by recorded delivery with acknowledgement of receipt, in person, or by email depending on the region. Some chambers offer a fully digital process.
If you must start trading before receiving the card, request a provisional certificate valid for one month.
If an employee carries on the itinerant activity, give them a COPY of your card: they must carry it during their activity.
Note the expiry date: the renewal application runs from 1 month before to 2 months after — beyond that, it is an initial application.

The form, line by line

Application for a market pitch: The form of AOT for a covered market, a market, a fair, a trade show or a funfair. Contact: town hall, municipal pitch officer or event organiser.
Parking permit: The form of AOT for public space — street, pavement, square: food truck, pizza van, crêpe van, mobile stand, pavement display, open terrace. Contact: town hall generally, or prefecture where a national or departmental road or certain thoroughfares are involved.
Highway permit: The form of AOT for a kiosk fixed to the ground or an enclosed terrace. Contact: town hall, where municipal public property is involved.
CCI or CMA?: The CCI handles applications from traders registered with the trade and companies register. The CMA handles those from traders registered either only with the national business register, or with both. The competent chamber is that of the municipality of the applicant's home, business address or the company's registered office.
Form cerfa no. 14022: MANY chambers use it, but some offer a form specific to their region: check with your chamber of attachment before filling anything in.
2 photographs in 35 x 45 mm format: Two recent passport photographs for a trader established in France; ONLY ONE for a trader established in another European Union State.
€30 cheque: Made out to the CCI or the CMA. That is the cost of the card.
Provisional certificate: Valid for one month, it allows trading to start while the application is processed. On renewal, it requires HANDING BACK THE OLD CARD.

Good to know

Two authorisations, not one: the AOT covers the PLACE, the card covers the PERSON. Obtaining one does not dispense with the other.
Having fixed premises exempts nothing: a baker with a shop who does rounds carries on an itinerant activity just as a pizza van with no restaurant does.
The four exceptions to the card all rest on PROXIMITY: markets in the municipality of residence, markets in the municipality of the main establishment, sale by a farmer or fisher of their own produce, and rounds limited to municipalities adjoining the fixed premises.
The farmer or fisher exception also covers, occasionally, a small share of another producer's output — and applies at a market as elsewhere on the public highway.
The rounds exception applies even where the premises are not open to the public, but ONLY in adjoining municipalities.
An employee carrying on the itinerant activity must carry a COPY of their employer's card during that activity.
The two fines penalise different things: €750 for the absence of the prior declaration leading to the card, €450 for forgetting to carry the card on business trips or forgetting to renew it.
Renewal is neither automatic nor prompted: it must be applied for on the trader's own initiative, within a window running from 1 month before expiry to 2 months after. Beyond that, a full initial application must be made again.
Some chambers of commerce, such as CCI Bretagne, offer a fully digital process, with technical requirements stated upfront (electronic signature, digitally retouched photograph, identity document format) and detailed instructions online.
A trader established in another European Union State supplies a certificate of business registration TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH and mentioning an activity permitting non-sedentary trade, together with recent proof of address in the legal representative's name.

Common mistakes

Applying for the itinerant card and assuming public space occupancy is settled: they are two separate authorisations.
Applying for a parking permit for a kiosk fixed to the ground or an enclosed terrace, which require a highway permit.
Going to the town hall for a national or departmental road: that is the prefecture, as for certain thoroughfares.
Believing fixed commercial premises exempt you from the card: they exempt only rounds in municipalities ADJOINING those premises.
Extending the market exception to municipalities other than that of your residence or of your main establishment.
Going to the wrong chamber: the CCI handles those registered with the trade and companies register, the CMA those registered only with the national business register or with both.
Downloading form 14022 without checking with your chamber: some offer a form specific to their region.
Supplying a registration extract more than 3 months old: the certificate of business registration must be less than 3 months old.
Enclosing a single photograph when established in France: two are required, in 35 x 45 mm format.
Starting trading with nothing in place: the absence of the prior declaration costs €750 if checked.
Setting off on rounds without the card: forgetting it costs €450, as does forgetting to renew.
Letting more than 2 months pass after expiry: renewal is then no longer possible, and an initial application must be made again.
Sending an employee to the markets without a copy of the employer's card.

Frequently asked questions

What is an itinerant activity?

A commercial or craft activity consisting of selling services or products in public space: street, road, pavement, square, market, covered market, fair, beach, station concourse, car park. The trader may or may not have fixed premises.

Which activities are not covered?

Door-to-door and home sellers (independent home sales agents, commercial agents, sales representatives, newspaper vendors and hawkers), craftspeople travelling to private homes for services, installations, works or repairs — electrician, painter, home hairdresser — and taxis.

What authorisations are needed?

Two. First a temporary public space occupancy authorisation (AOT) in one of three forms: application for a market pitch (covered market, market, fair, trade show, funfair), parking permit (public space: food truck, mobile stand, display, open terrace), or highway permit (kiosk fixed to the ground, enclosed terrace). Second, in most cases, the itinerant trade and craft card.

When is the card not required?

Four cases: activity carried on only at markets in the municipality of residence; only at markets in the municipality where the main establishment of the sedentary business is located; farmer or fisher selling their own produce, or occasionally a small share of another producer's, at a market or elsewhere on the public highway; craftsperson or trader doing rounds in addition to their fixed premises, only in adjoining municipalities, even where the premises are not open to the public.

How is the card applied for, and what does it cost?

By a prior declaration to the CCI (traders registered with the trade and companies register) or the CMA (registered only with the national business register, or with both) covering the municipality of the home, business address or registered office. Many chambers use form cerfa no. 14022, some a regional form. The completed, scanned form is sent by recorded delivery with acknowledgement of receipt, in person or by email depending on the region. The card costs €30.

Which documents must be enclosed?

For a trader established in France: a certificate of business registration less than 3 months old, a copy of the valid identity document, 2 recent passport photographs in 35 x 45 mm format, and a cheque for €30 made out to the CCI or the CMA. Those in accommodation add a signed accommodation statement and the host's proof of address, or an address certificate from the municipal or inter-municipal social action centre.

How long does the card take, and how long does it last?

If the file is complete, about 15 days after sending, and within one month at most. A provisional certificate valid for one month may be requested in order to start trading. The card is valid for 4 years.

How is it renewed?

On the trader's own initiative, by completing form cerfa no. 14022, from 1 month before the expiry date to 2 months after. Beyond that, a fresh initial application is required. The new card arrives within 15 days to one month; a provisional certificate of up to one month is possible, provided the old card is handed back.

What is the penalty for trading without the card?

If checked, the absence of the prior declaration leading to the card carries a €750 fine. If the trader has forgotten to carry the card on business trips, or has forgotten to renew it, the fine is €450.

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