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Showing 16611670 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article R123-164

When the decisions and notifications provided for in the procedures defined in articles L. 123-3 and R. 123-139 to R. 123-142 give rise to costs, these are advanced by the court clerk. The amount is r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article R123-166

…ustice, and the Minister responsible for industrial property shall determine the conditions of application of this Section. In particular, it shall specify: 1° The documents to be provided in support…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-169

…in articles R. 123-167 and R. 123-168 is mentioned in the Trade and Companies Register, with an indication of the name or corporate name and the references of the main registration in a public registe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-161

…des annonces civiles et commerciales within eight days of the corresponding registration or, in the case of a principal registration, as soon as the identification number is notified by the Institut n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-162

…unting documents provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by a declaration of confidentiality or a declaration of simplified publication of the annual…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article R123-165

The costs reimbursed to the registrar by the Treasury pursuant to the third paragraph of article R. 123-164 and those relating to proceedings initiated ex officio by the public prosecutor or the judge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-167

…emises which he will occupy jointly with one or more companies shall submit, in support of his application for registration, the domiciliation contract concluded for this purpose with the owner or lea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-160

…gal entities: a) The registration details; b) The company name or denomination followed, where applicable, by its acronym; c) In the case of a company, the legal form; d) The address of the registered…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Brokers.

Article R131-16

…ointed by order of the Minister for Trade, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, in the case of the chairman, on the recommendation of the National Disciplinary Commission of Consular Magi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-16

…provided for in 3° of article 131-13 of the Penal Code for third-class offences for failing to indicate on all documents and correspondence for professional use the place and number of registration i…

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