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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-11-1

I.- Electronic transmissions from the single body referred to in Article R. 123-1 to the recipient bodies and competent authorities are carried out, pursuant to Article R. 123-7 and the conditions of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-169-1

A failure to comply with the obligations mentioned in 1° of article R. 123-168. The same penalty applies if a company carrying out the activity of domiciliation agent fails to ensure that the person d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-19

…ablishment of a European Economic Interest Grouping, to the formalities provided for in Articles A. 123-18, A. 123-58 and A. 123-75. In addition to the documents provided for in Article A. 123-58, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-171

…micile of its legal representative by using the option available under the provisions of the second and fourth paragraphs of article L. 123-11-1, the registrar shall send the company a letter three mo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

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
Sub-subparagraph 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R123-121-4

…dividual 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 file there, wi…

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

Article R123-10

In the case of an application for authorisation mentioned in 2° of I of article R. 123-1: 1° Where the file contains all the documents required for the issue of the authorisation(s) required, in accor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-136-1

…registrar has entered in the register a request to regularise the file in application of article R. 123-125-1, he shall automatically strike off the name of the person who has not regularised his situ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-3

…jection of the application. When the domiciliary agent satisfies the conditions set out in articles L. 123-11-3, L. 123-11-4 and R. 123-166-2, approval is granted for a period of six years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: European companies.

Article R123-118

…must file, no later than fifteen days after their application for registration, the following deeds and documents:1° In the event of incorporation by merger, a copy of the certificate issued by the no…

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