French Commercial code
In forceWith the exception of the procedures and formalities required for access to and the exercise of regulated activities, any company complies with the obligation to declare its creation, the modification of its situation or the cessation of its activities to an administration, a person or a body mentioned in article L. 123-32 by filing a single dossier comprising the declarations it is required to make.
This file is filed electronically with a single body designated for this purpose. This filing constitutes a declaration to the addressee once the file is in order and complete with regard to the addressee.
Any service provider falling within the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market may complete by electronic means all the procedures and formalities required for access to and exercise of its activity with the single body mentioned in the second paragraph of this article.
A decree in the Council of State shall designate the single body referred to in the same second paragraph, define the conditions for submitting the application as well as the procedures for supporting and assisting businesses by the consular bodies and by the single body, specify the procedures for checking the application and describe the conditions for transmitting the information collected by this single body to the administrations, persons or bodies referred to in Article L. 123-32 as well as the conditions for applying the third paragraph of this article. It also specifies the conditions under which users setting up a business through the single body may be offered optional tools to provide information on the details and issues involved in setting up a business.
