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

Article R123-85

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 123-87 to R. 123-91, registration applications shall bear the signature of the person required to register the company or of his authorised representative who…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-102

Any deed or document filed as an annex to the Trade and Companies Register on behalf of a legal entity whose registered office is located on French territory shall be filed at the registry of the cour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article D123-321

The amounts of the fees payable pursuant to Article L. 123-54 are set, for each formality, by the tables in Appendix 1-4 of this book. No fee is payable in the event of amendments made by the keeper o…

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

Article A123-80-4

…red, accompanied, for those benefiting from the exemption from registration provided for in article L. 123-1-1 of the French Commercial Code or by V of the article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-30

…the beneficial owners in the case of the declaration provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 561-46 of the Monetary and Financial Code and, for annual accounts that have been the subject of…

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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
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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