French Commercial code
In force1.1. Identification of the grouping.
Where the constitutive deeds of the grouping were filed at the registry before the application for registration, copy of the filing receipt.
1.2 Members of the grouping.
1.2.1. Natural persons.
1.2.1.1 Registered with the RCS.
Extract of registration dating back less than three months.
1.2.1.2. Not registered with the RCS.
1.2.1.2.1. French nationals and nationals of an EU Member State.
Copy of valid national identity card or passport.
1.2.1.2.2. Person who is a national of a Member State of the European Economic Area or of a State with which special agreements have been concluded.
Copy of valid national identity card or passport.
1.2.1.2.3. Foreign nationals.
1.2.1.2.3.1. Person not resident in France:
- copy of valid national identity card or passport.
1.2.1.2.1.3.2. Person residing in France :
- Documents prescribed by section 1.1.3.2 of Annex I.
1.2.2. Legal entities.
Registered with the RCS: extract of registration less than three months old.
Not registered with the RCS: document establishing their existence.
1.3. Persons responsible for administering or controlling the management and accounts of the grouping.
1.3.1. Persons registered with the RCS.
Extract of registration less than three months old.
1.3.2. Persons not registered with the RCS.
1.3.2.1. Individuals.
1.3.2.1.1. French nationals and nationals of a Member State of the European Union.
Copy of valid national identity card or passport.
1.3.2.1.2. Persons who are nationals of a Member State of the European Economic Area or of a State with which special agreements have been concluded:
Copy of valid national identity card or passport.
1.3.2.1.3. Foreign nationals.
1.3.2.1.3.1. Persons not resident in France.
Copy of valid national identity card or passport.
1.3.2.1.3.2. Person residing in France:
The documents prescribed by section 1.1.3.2 of Annex I.
1.3.2.2. Legal entities:
- title establishing their existence;
- copy of the document appointing the permanent representative.
1.4. Conditions of exercise.
1.4.1. Attestation on honour, on plain paper, relating to the absence of any conviction or civil or administrative sanction of such a nature as to prohibit the exercise of a commercial activity, showing filiation for the persons mentioned in article A. 123-50.
1.4.2. Regulated activity: copy of the provisional or definitive authorisation, diploma or title, in accordance with Article R. 123-95.
2.1. Proof of use of the premises where the registered office is located by means of any document drawn up in the name of the grouping making it possible to justify the reality of the address declared.
2.2. If the legal representative uses the option to set up the registered office at his domicile for a limited period, proof of his domicile by any document drawn up in his name making it possible to justify the reality of the address declared.
2.3 Joint occupation of premises: if the registered office is located in premises jointly occupied by one or more companies, copy of the domiciliation contract referred to in articles R. 123-167 et seq indicating the references of the prefectoral authorisation provided for in article L. 123-11-3 and extract from the RCS or trade register of the domiciliary agent, unless the latter is registered at the same registry or is a French legal entity governed by public law or an association grouping together French legal entities governed by public law.
3.1. Acquisition of a business by a commercial object grouping:
- by purchase, auction: copy of the deed and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof;
- by donation: copy of the deed;
- by contribution: copy of the deed and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof.
3.2. Lease management of a business by a commercial group.
Copy of the management lease contract and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof.
3.3 Management of a business by a commercial group.
Copy of the management mandate contract and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof.
3.4 Management of a business transferred as part of a transfer plan.
Copy of the judgment ordering a transfer plan.
Extract from the main registration less than three months old.
Origin of the business acquired or received by the commercial object grouping:
- by purchase, licitation, allotment by division: copy of the registered deed and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof;
- by donation: copy of the deed of donation;
- by management lease: for the tenant-manager, copy of the management lease contract and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof;
- by management-agent: for the agent, copy of the management-agent contract and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof;
- under a transfer plan, for the management of the business transferred: copy of the judgment ordering the transfer plan.
