The label "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" (EPV)

The label "Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant" (EPV) or "Living Heritage Company" is a mark of recognition of the French government set up to distinguish French companies with artisanal and industrial know-how of excellence.

It can be attributed to any company which holds an economic patrimony, composed in particular of rare, renowned or ancestral know-how, based on the mastery of traditional or high-tech techniques and limited to a territory.