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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-271

The validation and checks mentioned in Article R. 123-270 are carried out within the same timeframes as those set for the register of companies, the special register of commercial agents or the specia…

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

Article R123-264

Final decisions placing one of the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 123-253 under guardianship or trusteeship within the meaning of Article 440 of the Civil Code and those which discharge…

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

Article R123-154-1

…hich are accompanied by a declaration of confidentiality of the annual accounts pursuant to Article R. 123-111-1 may only be issued to companies that have filed them and to the authorities, legal enti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-136

…hen the registrar has entered a notice of cessation of business in the register pursuant to article R. 123-125, it shall automatically remove from the register any person who has not remedied the situ…

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Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-313

…Companies does not carry on any activity other than that which has been deleted pursuant to Article R. 123-305, the keeper of the National Register of Companies shall deregister the company concerned.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-280

In the event of changes to the information or justification made pursuant to Article R. 123-279, the person registered in the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sect…

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

Article R123-225

…referred to in 1°, at the request of the person concerned or the persons mentioned in 2° of Article R. 123-224, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the same article; 3° Or on its own initia…

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

Article R123-212

Publication of the notice provided for in Article R. 123-211 is required from the registrar by the new owner of the business within three days of the first insertion in a medium authorised to receive…

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

Article R123-213

…donee, legatee, sole heir of the holder of a business includes the information required by articles R. 123-155 et seq. and, in addition, the name of the former operator and its registration number in…

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

Article R123-295

…lishments, as soon as an update is made to the national address database mentioned in 6° of article R. 321-5 of the code of relations between the public and the administration or the other geographic…

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