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| Town Planning |
Town centre / out-of-town balance |
PROCOS |
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The urban context has changed.Implementation
of global policies:
New traffic plans with new car park policies.
Development of OPAHs ("habitat improvement programming
operations"): policies of rehabilitating and restructuring
buildings to bring back homes and offices to the town
centre.
Implementation of public transport policies (e.g., trams).
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1996: Raffarin Law which
amongst other things requires authorisation to be obtained
from the CDEC ("Commission Départementale
d'Equipement Commercial") for any premises of over
300 m2. 1997:
Implementation of town centre commercial rehabilitation
policies; joint action on commercial structures and
town planning in the context of taking into account
town centre/out-of-town commercial equilibrium.Consequences:
project diversification.
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1990: Procos is responsible for the creation
of the Eurelia Company for aiding in the development of
retail chains internationally.
Saturation of shopping centres and out-of-town stores.
Diversification of membership concepts (town centre, medium-sized
towns and cities, out-of-town. |
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Return in town center |
From 1997: Refocusing on town centres and Accelerating
internationalisation
Shop sizes increase
From 1998: Store development takes off again as consumption
picks up.
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| 1998/2000: SRU Laws (Urban Solidarity and
Renewal Laws) - Voynet, Chevenement, Gayssot-Besson -
the purposes of which are to:reinforce the coherence of
urban and territorial policies, consolidate town planning
policies, implement a displacement policy and provide
diversified and quality housing. |
SRU Laws: since January 2000, whenever
a CDEC dossier requires an impact study, it has been agreed
in the framework of article 97 of the SRU Laws to provide
supplementary information about vehicle traffic variations
and merchandise directly associated with the implementation
of the project. |
2001: Procos: 156 member traders. |
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The Internet revolution1998 - 14% of member
traders had sites, of which 5% were trading sites. |
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