PAPETERIES DE CLAIREFONTAINE

Listed in a source registry

France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 21 official records from 15 official sources are on file. 3 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. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The web archive holds a page at this address from 2009. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-19. Internet Archive (Wayback)
• The inspection report describes the site: La société PAPETERIES DE CLAIREFONTAINE exploite à ETIVAL-CLAIREFONTAINE des installations de fabrication de papiers blancs et de couleurs ainsi que de divers produits qui en sont dérivés (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société PAPETERIES DE CLAIREFONTAINE exploite à ETIVAL-CLAIREFONTAINE des installations de fabrication de papiers blancs et de couleurs ainsi que de divers produits qui en sont dérivés. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-05-19: 7 control points, 2 with follow-up: Responsabilité: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 1 mois; Stockage des boues: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois. The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1995. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 17.12Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-10-15. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• Certifications verified (record type: certs-verified) [official record; status green] Certificates were matched against the issuing register. checked 2026-10-16. EU Ecolabel product catalogue (European Commission)
• Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. effective since 2024-12-31. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2026. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-07-29. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• 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 2026-07-29. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 3 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-29. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €275.0M, profit €15.4M. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2025-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• 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 2026-07-29. OpenSanctions
• 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 2026-07-29. OpenSanctions
• 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 2026-07-22. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 500 and 999 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-07-29. VIES
• 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 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 4 on the register, 1 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-08-20. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-10-01. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 11 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

2 active and 2 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 1 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.

• 19 RUE DE L'ABBAYE 88480 ETIVAL-CLAIREFONTAINE: SIRET 40296529700011, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 17.12Z (Fabrication de papier et de carton), opened 1995-11-20, staff 500-999 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• CD 2 QU AUMONE CAMP MAJOR RUE DE LA BASTIDONNE 13400 AUBAGNE: SIRET 40296529700029, active, trade activity code 46.49Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) d'autres biens domestiques), opened 1997-05-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 1 RUE JEAN PIERRE CHEVROT 69007 LYON 7EME: SIRET 40296529700037, closed 1996-12-25, activity code 63.1E, opened 1996-05-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 138 QUAI DE JEMMAPES 75010 PARIS: SIRET 40296529700045, closed 2000-12-31, trade activity code 51.4Q, opened 1996-05-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

9 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• 3 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• PAPETERIES DE CLAIREFONTAINE: Site named in the record, registry number 0006202229. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• 19 rue de l'Abbaye, 88480 Étival-Clairefontaine: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• PAPETERIES DE CLAIREFONTAINE: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)

Candidates, not confirmed

• clairefontaine.eu: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

• Upcoming, not yet applicable on 2026-10-26: If the goods are paper, board or printed products, placing them on the EU market falls under the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) due-diligence regime; packaging machinery itself does not. The EU Deforestation Regulation applies to large and medium operators from 30 December 2026 and to micro and small operators from 30 June 2027; due-diligence intensity depends on the risk level the Commission assigns to the country of production. European Commission (EUDR)
• No public registry exists for certificates of this kind in this sector: conformity is declared by the manufacturer. European Commission: CE marking, manufacturer's conformity assessment

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)