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

Article R123-222

The following identification information is entered in the register: 1° For each legal unit: a) For the natural persons mentioned in article R. 123-220 : the surname and, where applicable, the used na…

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

Article R123-208-4

The declaration provided for in Article L. 123-29 is renewed every four years, in accordance with the same procedure as that set out in Article R. 123-208-2. However, in the event of renewal of the ca…

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

Article R123-297

Any amending entry mentioned or reported ex officio in the Trade and Companies Register by the Registrar of the Commercial Court or of the Court adjudicating in commercial matters shall be brought to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-11-2

…a payment card issued by a credit institution or by an institution or service mentioned in article L. 518-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code;b) Through an advance payment account opened with the af…

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

Article R123-298

…ding the administrator's powers; e) Ordering the partial cessation of business pursuant to articles L. 622-10 or L. 631-15;f) Adopting the safeguard or recovery plan, with an indication of the name of…

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

Article R123-2

…ny, as made available to the public by the National Register of Companies in application of article L. 123-52. II.-The IT service enables the applicant to access the information provided by the Nation…

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

Article R123-121-2

…file, in accordance with Article R. 123-102, the descriptive statement provided for in I of Article L. 526-8 as well as, where applicable, the documents provided for in the last paragraph of Article R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.

Article R123-237

…and its unique identification number ;8° If it has set up an affected asset pursuant to l'article L. 526-6, the purpose of the professional activity to which the assets are assigned and the name use…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending registration or cancellation

Article R123-265

The deletion of legal entities that are dissolved is recorded in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the liquidator within one month of publication of the close of the liquidation.…

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

Article R123-208-5

…nerant commercial or craft activity must present, at the request of the agents mentioned in article L. 123-30 the valid card allowing the exercise of an itinerant commercial or craft activity as well…

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