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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article L123-54

I.-The registration of information or the filing of documents in the national register of companies is subject to the payment of fees. II.-The persons mentioned in 1° of article L. 123-36 pay a fee, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-225

The identification information mentioned in the register concerning registered legal units or their establishments is modified: 1° Either, for companies, at the time of the procedure for modifying the…

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

Article R123-30-1

Persons legally established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who wish to carry out on national territory on a temporary or occasion…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies

Article L123-32

This section applies to relations between, on the one hand, companies and, on the other hand, State administrations, public administrative establishments of the State, local authorities, their groupin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Keeping the national register of companies

Article L123-50

The National Register of Companies is kept by the National Institute of Industrial Property. The entries of information or the filings of documents annexed to the national register of companies referr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-3

The file referred to in article L. 123-33 and sent to the single body includes the following: 1° All the information provided by the registrant; 2° Where applicable, the applications for authorisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-1

I.-The single body mentioned in article L. 123-33 enables companies to carry out all the formalities and procedures required to access and carry out their business. To this end, it receives the single…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-232

The identification numbers in the register are communicated to registered legal units and their establishments by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. In addition, when the iden…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-318

In application of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-52, the following authorities, administrations, legal entities and professions have access to all the information contained in the National Regi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

The Institute's revenue is made up of all fees collected in respect of industrial property and the national register of companies, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Finance Act 2011…

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