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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-272

The clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters validates the following information and documents: 1° For natural persons, those mentioned in articles R. 123-24…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Submission of returns

Article A123-42

Any application for registration as a principal or secondary shareholder in the Trade and Companies Register, or for an additional, amending or deletion entry, shall be drawn up in accordance with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-284

The validation of information entries and document filings provided for in Article L. 123-48 and the checks provided for in Article L. 123-49 are carried out by the departmental or multi-departmental…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-6

For the processing of registration declarations and applications for authorisation or declarations prior to the exercise of the activity, the provisions of article R. 123-1 with the exception of 1° of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-281

When the person registered in the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector no longer meets the conditions for benefiting from the particulars provided for in articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Purposes of processing

Article A123-87

The computerised processing of the national identification system and register of companies and establishments (SIRENE) governed by articles R. 123-220 et seq. is implemented by the Institut national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-7

The provisions of articles R. 123-30-1 to R. 123-30-6 are applicable to the processing of registration declarations and applications for authorisation or declarations prior to the exercise of the acti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R123-121-4

When the individual limited liability entrepreneur has made the declaration of assignment mentioned in Article L. 526-7 for registration in the Trade and Companies Register, he is also required to fil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.

Article R123-48

In the event of the transfer, within the jurisdiction of another court, of the principal or secondary establishment, or the change, to an address within the jurisdiction of another court, of the busin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.

Article R123-207

The persons mentioned in articles L. 123-25 to L. 123-28 are exempt from providing evidence of incidental overheads where such exemption is granted for tax purposes. They may also record expenses rela…

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