AVI-CHARENTE
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.
For more than 50 years, Avi-Charente has designed and produced fresh desserts for mass distribution in France and abroad as well as for collective catering professionals.
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- Aytre, France
- Founded
- 1976 (matches the state register)
- Website
- https://avi-charente.fr
- Categories
- Dairy Products
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. 25 official records from 17 official sources are on file. 6 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
- Registered feed-sector operator (record type: registered-feed-operator) [official record; status green] On the state register of feed-sector operators. A record, not a permit. checked 2026-10-24. French Ministry of Agriculture (DGAL), register of feed-sector operators under EU Regulation 183/2005
- The inspection report describes the site: La société AVI CHARENTE est autorisée à exploiter une usine de fabrication de desserts et d'entremets, par arrêté préfectoral n° 16-357 en date du 19 février 2016. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société AVI CHARENTE est autorisée à exploiter une usine de fabrication de desserts et d'entremets, par arrêté préfectoral n° 16-357 en date du 19 février 2016.. 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 2025-05-22: 8 control points, 1 with follow-up: 2. Plan des réseaux: 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)
- 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 1976. 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)
- Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 200 and 249 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)
- registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 10.51A. 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)
- 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 2017. 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)
- 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)
- 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 2026-08-19. Domain registry record
- Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. 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)
- 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
- Approved food establishment (record type: sector-licence-food) [official record; status green] Allowed to produce food under official inspection. checked 2026-10-03. French Ministry of Agriculture (DGAL), register of establishments approved under EU Regulation 853/2004
- Market access approved: European Union (record type: market-access-eu) [official record; status green] Shows the establishment is approved for the listed activities under the EU food-hygiene rules and appears in the EU list of approved establishments. It is not an import check and not an observation of current production. checked 2026-08-22. TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
- 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 2026-07-23. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 7 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-23. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- 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 2026-07-23. OpenSanctions
- 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 2026-07-23. OpenSanctions
- Mentioned in independent media (record type: media-mention) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The press has written about it. A fact, not an endorsement. effective since 2015-05-21. sudouest.fr
- financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2024: revenue €65.7M, profit €733.7K. 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 2024-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Owners named in the company register (record type: ownership-gleif-parent) [official record; status green] Ultimate accounting consolidating parent (GLEIF): SENINVEST. GLEIF names the company's accounting consolidating parent: the entity that includes it in its consolidated financial statements. This is not a register of beneficial owners or of control. checked 2026-10-04. GLEIF global LEI index
- 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
- 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 2026-10-16. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2025-05-22. 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, 2 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.
Relationships
8 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
- SENINVEST: Consolidating parent (accounts), registry number 9676003J5SGB7GFOPC92. GLEIF global LEI index
- 7 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- AVI-CHARENTE: Site named in the record, registry number 072.03128. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
- ZAC DE BELLE AIRE 9 RUE GALILEE ZAC DE BELLE AIRE, 17440, Aytré: Holds the site's permit, registry number 17.028.001. TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
- 9 RUE GALILEE 17440 AYTRE: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- 9 Rue Galilée ZAC de Belle Aire, 17440 Aytré: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- AVI-CHARENTE: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
Candidates, not confirmed
- avi-charente.fr: Website of this business. Source record
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