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

Article R123-61

In their application for registration, French public establishments of an industrial and commercial nature declare: 1° With regard to the person: a) The information provided for in 1°, 4° and 6° of Ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-177

…ties at the balance sheet date. Inventory data is kept under the conditions provided for in article L. 123-22 and organised in such a way as to justify the content and valuation method of each balance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: The profit and loss account.

Article R123-194

…resented in the form of a list in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 123-13 is also used to show operating profit, net financial income, profit on ordinary activities…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-7

Beneficiaries of the provisions set out in the fourth paragraph of article R. 123-208-3 show their provisional certificate to the competent authority when the card is issued.On the occasion of the ren…

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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
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.

Article R123-44

The information provided for in article R. 123-38.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-109

…ng to the choice of one of the two methods of exercising general management provided for in article L. 225-51-1 is filed in accordance with the provisions of article R. 123-105.

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

Article R123-259

…n of a business, the title and date of the legal gazette in which the insertion required by Article L. 141-12 was published; > In the case of a company operating in the retail sector, the title and da…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The form of declarations and filings and their processing by the keeper of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-292

The supporting documents required for the registration of information, the filing of documents or the performance of checks by the authorities referred to in sub-section 2 of this section are determin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article R123-97

…dy in accordance with the conditions laid down in article R. 123-7. Reasons are given for the refusal. Within the same time limit, the Registrar shall inform, via the single body, the Institut nationa…

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