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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-55

The spouse of the sole managing partner or majority managing partner of a société à responsabilité limitée or a société d'exercice libéral à responsabilité limitée, or the person bound to him by a civ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-71

The provisions of article R. 123-66 do not apply:1° To the updating of references made, in the main registration, to secondary registrations: in this case, the corrective entry is made automatically b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-84-1

Additional supporting documents may be requested from the declarant if there is any doubt about the authenticity of the document produced or if its evidential value is insufficient..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-98

The registrar shall enter the registration in a chronological register indicating in order its date and order number, surname, first name, and company name or denomination of the taxable person and th…

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

Article R123-103

The constitutive deeds of legal entities whose registered office is located on French territory are filed at the latest at the same time as the application for registration. These deeds are:1° For com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register

Article R123-31

Registration in the Trade and Companies Register is personal in nature. No one may be registered more than once in the same register.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-38

The natural person also declares, with regard to his activity and establishment:1° The activity or activities carried out corresponding to the nomenclature of activities defined by decree, possibly sp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-49-1

Where the individual limited liability entrepreneur transfers to the jurisdiction of another court the establishment where the professional activity in respect of which he has made a declaration of as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-50

Where the commercial activity within the jurisdiction of a court has ceased altogether as a result of its transfer to the jurisdiction of another court, the deregistration shall be effected automatica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-95

…f the file. He also verifies that the incorporation or amendments to the articles of association of commercial companies comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions governing them. The Regis…

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