LUCIEN BERNARD & CIE

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. 22 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

• 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)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-04-23: 10 control points, 1 with follow-up: Rejets aqueux: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 1 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)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 11.01Z. 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)
• No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1984. 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)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [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 2026-10-12. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 20 and 49 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)
• Certifications verified (record type: certs-verified) [official record; status green] Certificates were matched against the issuing register. checked 2026-09-07. Agence Bio, registre officiel des operateurs bio (open data)
• EAEU product declaration on record, company's role not established (record type: eaeu-product-declaration-party; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] An official EAEU register holds a declaration for specific goods that names this company; the record we hold does not say in which role (manufacturer, applicant or representative). It shows those products may be sold on the EAEU market, not a general quality mark. Paste the document number into the register search to see the record. checked 2026-08-16. EAEU unified register of certificates and declarations
• 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)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €17.4M, profit -€1.3M. 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)
• The inspection report describes the site: La société LUCIEN BERNARD exploite à Ambès depuis 1974 un établissement de stockage, d’élaboration et de mélange d’alcools de bouche. Il n’y a pas, sur le site, de production d’alcools de bouche par distillation. L’établissement relève du classement SEVESO « seuil bas » au titre de la rubrique 4755 de la nomenclature ICPE. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société LUCIEN BERNARD exploite à Ambès depuis 1974 un établissement de stockage, d’élaboration et de mélange d’alcools de bouche. Il n’y a pas, sur le site, de production d’alcools de bouche par distillation. L’établissement relève du classement SEVESO « seuil bas » au titre de la rubrique 4755 de la nomenclature ICPE.. 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)
• 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)
• 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 2026-07-24. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• 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 2026-07-24. 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 2026-07-24. OpenSanctions
• 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 2026-07-24. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Organic certification in the state registry (record type: organic-certified) [official record; status green] Issued by an accredited body. We show the expiry date because a lapsed certificate proves nothing. checked 2026-07-30. Agence Bio (French organic registry)
• 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)
• 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 2026-07-31. VIES (European Commission)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025 Matched to this company by name only; no second anchor confirms it is the same legal entity.. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• 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. checked 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 3 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)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-04-23. 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)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 3 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 1 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.

• LIEU-DIT LE BURCK 33810 AMBES: SIRET 33124161200018, active, manufacturing activity code 11.01Z (Production de boissons alcooliques distillées), opened 1984-01-01, staff 10-19 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 87 QUAI DE PALUDATE 33800 BORDEAUX: SIRET 33124161200026, active, head office, activity code 52.10B (Entreposage et stockage non frigorifique), opened 1985-01-01, staff 10-19 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 55 QUAI DESCHAMPS 33100 BORDEAUX: SIRET 33124161200034, closed 2001-12-31, activity code 63.1E, opened 1985-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

6 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)
• Domaine du Burk, 33810 Ambès: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• LUCIEN BERNARD & CIE: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)

Import rules for these goods

• US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA

Check independently

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