BBI Pro
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
Grossiste B2B d'articles de fête, de fantaisie et de carnaval
BBI Pro (Bernard Bimbeloterie Import) est un grossiste B2B basé en France à Genas spécialisé dans les jouets, nouveautés, gadgets, confiseries et articles de carnaval et de fête. Ils distribuent aux clients professionnels et aux revendeurs.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as distributor; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Role not established by any record
- Location
- Genas, France
- Founded
- 1981 (from our catalogue record; not confirmed by the company or by a state register)
- Website
- https://www.bbi-pro.com/
- Categories
- Articles saisonniers et de fête, Cadeaux et objets fantaisie
- Markets
- France
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 5 official records from 4 official sources are on file. 4 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-07-30. Domain registry record
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-07-30. OpenSanctions
- Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-09-07. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
- EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-09-08. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. effective since 2026-06-19. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
- Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Indicates the company is not dissolved or winding down. checked 2026-07-30. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The company website was already online in 2018. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-21. Internet Archive (Wayback)
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-07-30. OpenSanctions
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] One director named in the company register. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-30. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
Import rules for these goods
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)
Goods family established: Cadeaux et objets fantaisie (the company's own text). The exact product, operation and trade route needed to determine a product-specific requirement are not established here. Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog category Articles saisonniers et de fête: no record or company text names goods of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.
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