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Showing 111120 of 68114 articles for Art. R 123-38 · Cass. com. 17 February 2015 · C. com. Art. L 145-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-128

Any trader is automatically struck off the register if: 1° He is prohibited from carrying on a commercial activity by virtue of a court decision that has become final or an enforceable administrative…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article L123-11-1

Any legal entity is authorised to set up its registered office at the domicile of its legal representative and carry on business there, unless otherwise provided by law or contractual stipulations. Wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-150

The registrars are obliged and solely empowered to issue to any person who so requests certificates, copies or extracts of entries entered in the register and deeds filed in the annex, except in respe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-135

The entries relating to the decisions referred to in Article R. 123-122 when:1° Safeguard proceedings have been terminated pursuant to Article L. 622-12 ;2° Reorganisation proceedings have been termin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-197-1

Public limited companies that adopt a simplified presentation pursuant to Article L. 123-16 shall include in the notes to the financial statements a list of transactions carried out between the compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-1

Persons legally established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who wish to carry out on national territory on a temporary or occasion…

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

Article R123-166-3

The prefect who receives an application for approval has two months in which to examine it, from the date of receipt. Failure by the Prefect to respond within the timeframe mentioned in the previous p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-161

The notices provided for in articles R. 123-155 et seq. are drawn up and sent by the registrar to the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales within eight days of the corresponding regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-6

I. - The following are qualified to carry out, within the scope of their respective powers, the investigation and recording of breaches of the provisions of the articles of this subsection and the reg…

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

Article R123-194

The profit and loss account for the financial year, presented 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…

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