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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Obligation to register legal entities.

Article R123-35

…applies for such registration, through the intermediary of the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, at the registry of the court within whose jurisdiction its registered office is located.Where…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-41

…quired to register, or the company name, the unique identification number, the date of registration and the reason for registration. The notice referred to in the third paragraph of article R. 123-83…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-87

Applications for amending registration and deletion may be signed by any person proving an interest.The Registrar shall inform the registered person via the single body referred to in Article R. 123-1…

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

Article R123-224

…ated by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques to registered legal units and their establishments: 1° Either, for companies, during the procedure for creating or changing th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-212

…f the first insertion in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements provided for in Article L. 141-12. When this publication is required at the same time as that of the notice relating to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Compulsory registration of natural persons.

Article R123-33

The application for registration is made by the notary in the case provided for in article R. 123-89.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-296

The keeper of the National Register of Companies records, for each company, the date and nature of the formalities transmitted by the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1. It also records the dat…

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

Article R123-260

…its acronym b) The address of the registered office; c) A literal description of its main activity and whether it is civil, commercial or in the trades and crafts sector; d) Its duration d) Its durat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Registration, amendment, deletion and filing requirements

Article R123-242

For the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 123-36 and for the natural persons mentioned in 4° and 5° of the same article who have chosen to practise under the limited liability sole trader r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-4

…ording to their own procedures. The recipient body or the authorised authority acknowledges receipt and, once informed that the technical incident has been resolved, proceeds to regularise the situati…

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