{
  "table": "warehouse-capacity-calculator-rules",
  "schema": 1,
  "version": "2026-11-11.1",
  "title": "Warehouse capacity: pallet sizes, the UK square foot, and the French classified-warehouse thresholds (rubrique 1510)",
  "doc": "Rule table read by the warehouse-capacity-calculator handler computeWarehouseCapacity (ctx.data['warehouse-capacity-calculator-rules']). Every figure is a decimal string. pallets: the two preset pallet sizes, in millimetres, from the EPAL specifications (an industry standard, not a law); the handler reads length_mm and width_mm only. units.sqft_m2: square metres in one square foot, exact, from the legal definition of the yard (Weights and Measures Act 1985, Schedule 1, Part VI: yard = 0.9144 metre; square foot = 1/9 square yard), used when the person gives the floor area in square feet on the en-GB page. countries.FR.icpe_1510: the French classification of covered warehouses storing more than 500 tonnes of combustible materials, by the warehouse's volume (code de l'environnement, annex (2) to article R511-9, rubrique 1510, item 2): declaration with inspection (DC) from 5 000 m3, registration (E) from 50 000 m3, authorisation (A) from 900 000 m3. Item 1 (authorisation for a project in the 'systematic environmental assessment' column) and the exceptions of the rubrique are rule texts shown on the page; the handler does not branch on them. countries.FR.storage_limits: the storage conditions of the order of 11 April 2017 for warehouses under rubrique 1510 (annex II, point 9, new installations): block-stacked islands at most 8 m high, racking at most 10 m high when there is no automatic extinguishing system, aisles of at least 2 m. The handler compares them with the height of the stacked loads and says so; it does not decide whether the order applies to a site. countries.GB has no threshold: UK fire safety law requires a fire risk assessment rather than setting a volume threshold (England and Wales: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, art. 9; Scotland: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, ss. 53 and 54; Northern Ireland: Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, arts. 25 and 26), and the page says so. Every entry carries its legal basis or standard, its source_url, the source's own date (source_date), the date it was retrieved (retrieved_on), valid_from and valid_until (null: no end date set by the source; a null valid_from means the start date was not verified for this table). Table-level valid_from/valid_until bound the period during which this version may be relied on; it must be reviewed again before 31 December 2026.",
  "reviewed_on": "2026-11-11",
  "reviewed_by": "apps agent (automated research against official sources, 2026-11-11); owner review pending",
  "valid_from": "2026-11-11",
  "valid_until": "2026-12-31",
  "locale_country": {
    "fr-FR": "FR",
    "en-GB": "GB"
  },
  "pallets": {
    "p1200x800": {
      "length_mm": "1200",
      "width_mm": "800",
      "height_mm": "144",
      "weight_kg_approx": "25",
      "name": {
        "fr-FR": "Palette Europe EPAL 1 (1 200 × 800 mm)",
        "en-GB": "EPAL 1 Euro pallet (1200 × 800 mm)"
      },
      "standard": "EPAL Euro pallet (EPAL 1), industry specification",
      "source_url": "https://www.epal-pallets.org/eu-en/load-carriers/epal-euro-pallet",
      "source_date": "2026-11-11",
      "retrieved_on": "2026-11-11",
      "valid_from": null,
      "valid_until": null
    },
    "p1200x1000": {
      "length_mm": "1200",
      "width_mm": "1000",
      "height_mm": "162",
      "weight_kg_approx": "35",
      "name": {
        "fr-FR": "Palette EPAL 2 (1 200 × 1 000 mm)",
        "en-GB": "EPAL 2 pallet (1200 × 1000 mm)"
      },
      "standard": "EPAL 2 pallet, industry specification",
      "source_url": "https://www.epal-pallets.org/eu-en/load-carriers/epal-2-pallet",
      "source_date": "2026-11-11",
      "retrieved_on": "2026-11-11",
      "valid_from": null,
      "valid_until": null
    }
  },
  "units": {
    "sqft_m2": "0.09290304",
    "rule": "Yard = 0.9144 metre; foot = 1/3 yard; square foot = 1/9 square yard, so one square foot = 0.9144² ÷ 9 = 0.09290304 m², exactly. Part VI lists units that may not be used for trade except as supplementary indications. Schedule 1 is to be omitted by the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025, s. 11(3), not yet in force on 2026-11-08.",
    "legal_basis": "Weights and Measures Act 1985, Schedule 1, Part VI",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/schedule/1",
    "source_date": "2026-11-08",
    "retrieved_on": "2026-11-11",
    "valid_from": null,
    "valid_until": null
  },
  "countries": {
    "FR": {
      "name": {
        "fr-FR": "France",
        "en-GB": "France"
      },
      "area_unit": "m2",
      "icpe_1510": {
        "combustible_tonnes_over": "500",
        "dc_from_m3": "5000",
        "e_from_m3": "50000",
        "a_from_m3": "900000",
        "rule": {
          "fr-FR": "Entrepôts couverts (installations pourvues d’une toiture) dédiés au stockage de plus de 500 tonnes de matières ou produits combustibles : déclaration avec contrôle (DC) à partir de 5 000 m³, enregistrement (E) à partir de 50 000 m³, autorisation (A) à partir de 900 000 m³. Autorisation aussi pour un projet soumis à évaluation environnementale systématique. Sont exclus notamment les entrepôts exclusivement frigorifiques, les établissements recevant du public, les bâtiments réservés au remisage de véhicules et les entrepôts dont les produits relèvent d’une seule autre rubrique.",
          "en-GB": "Covered warehouses (with a roof) storing more than 500 tonnes of combustible materials or products: declaration with inspection (DC) from 5,000 m³, registration (E) from 50,000 m³, authorisation (A) from 900,000 m³. Authorisation also applies to a project that needs a systematic environmental assessment. Exclusions include warehouses that are only refrigerated, buildings open to the public, buildings used only to park vehicles and warehouses whose products all fall under one other heading."
        },
        "legal_basis": "Code de l’environnement, annexe (2) à l’article R511-9, rubrique 1510",
        "source_url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000051853025",
        "source_date": "2024-07-05",
        "retrieved_on": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": "2024-07-05",
        "valid_until": null
      },
      "storage_limits": {
        "block_max_height_m": "8",
        "rack_max_height_without_sprinklers_m": "10",
        "aisle_min_width_m": "2",
        "block_max_island_m2": "500",
        "rule": {
          "fr-FR": "Installations nouvelles relevant de la rubrique 1510 (annexe II, point 9, applicable à toutes les installations nouvelles selon l’article 2 ; pour les installations existantes, les annexes IV à VI précisent les dispositions applicables) : îlots de stockage en masse de 500 m² et 8 m de haut au plus, allées de 2 m au moins entre îlots ; en rayonnage ou en palettier sans système d’extinction automatique, 10 m de haut au plus et allées de 2 m au moins.",
          "en-GB": "New installations under rubrique 1510 (annex II, point 9, which article 2 applies to every new installation; for existing installations, annexes IV to VI set which provisions apply): block-stacked islands of at most 500 m² and 8 m high, with aisles of at least 2 m between them; in racking without an automatic extinguishing system, at most 10 m high, with aisles of at least 2 m."
        },
        "legal_basis": "Arrêté du 11 avril 2017 relatif aux prescriptions générales applicables aux entrepôts couverts soumis à la rubrique 1510, annexe II, point 9 (modifié par l’arrêté du 24 septembre 2020)",
        "source_url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000034429274",
        "source_date": "2021-01-01",
        "retrieved_on": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": "2021-01-01",
        "valid_until": null
      }
    },
    "GB": {
      "name": {
        "fr-FR": "Royaume-Uni",
        "en-GB": "United Kingdom"
      },
      "area_unit": "sqft",
      "fire_safety": {
        "rule": {
          "fr-FR": "Pas de seuil de volume : une évaluation des risques d’incendie est obligatoire (Angleterre et pays de Galles : la personne responsable, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, art. 9 ; Écosse : l’employeur et toute personne qui contrôle les locaux, Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, art. 53 et 54 ; Irlande du Nord : Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, art. 25 et 26).",
          "en-GB": "No volume threshold: a fire risk assessment is required (England and Wales: the responsible person, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, art. 9; Scotland: the employer and anyone in control of the premises, Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, ss. 53 and 54; Northern Ireland: Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, arts. 25 and 26)."
        },
        "legal_basis": "Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, art. 1(4) (extent: England and Wales) and art. 9; Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, ss. 53 and 54; Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, arts. 25 and 26",
        "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1541/article/9",
        "source_date": "2026-11-08",
        "retrieved_on": "2026-11-11",
        "valid_from": "2006-10-01",
        "valid_until": null
      }
    }
  }
}