French Commercial code
In force
The recipients of company formalities, mentioned in article L. 123-32 are:
<1° The Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI), responsible for maintaining the national register of companies;
<2° The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), responsible for maintaining the national register of companies and their establishments;
3° The registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts with commercial jurisdiction, for the purpose of maintaining the commercial and company registers, the special registers of commercial agents and the special registers of sole proprietorships with limited liability, as well as the data of companies subject to their control and validation within the national register of companies;
4° CMA France and the regional Chambers of Trades and Crafts, in respect of data on businesses in the trades and crafts sector, subject to their control and validation within the national register of businesses;
5° La caisse centrale de la mutualité sociale agricole (CCMSA), les caisses départementales ou pluri-départementales de mutualité sociale agricole (MSA) ainsi que, selon le territoire concerné, les caisses générales de sécurité sociale (CGSS), la caisse de prévoyance sociale de Saint-Barthélemy, as well as the social welfare fund of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, for data on businesses run by one or more natural persons who are agricultural workers, subject to their control and validation within the national register of businesses, as well as for affiliation to the relevant social welfare scheme;
6° The tax departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFiP), for the purposes of declaring the existence of the business and choosing its tax regime, options and tax obligations;
7° L'Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale (ACOSS), les Unions de recouvrement des cotisations de sécurité sociale et d'allocations familiales (URSSAF) ainsi que, selon le territoire concerné, les caisses générales de sécurité sociale (CGSS), la caisse de prévoyance sociale de Saint-Barthélemy, la caisse de sécurité sociale de Mayotte et la caisse de prévoyance sociale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, pour l'affiliation au régime des travailleurs non-salariés non agricoles des entreprises concernées;
8° The bodies of the general scheme responsible for managing old-age insurance and the pricing and prevention of accidents at work and occupational diseases;
9° The bodies responsible for the old-age and invalidity-death insurance schemes for the liberal professions and lawyers;
10° The departmental livestock establishments.
