French Commercial code
In forceThe application for registration of a company shall be submitted collectively by the partners and addressed to the High Council under the conditions provided for in articles R. 822-8 to R. 822-11.
The following must be attached:
1° A copy of the articles of association;
2° A request from each partner asking for the company to be registered;
3° A list of shareholders or partners specifying for each of them: surname, first names, domicile, registration on the list of statutory auditors, and the number of voting rights that the shareholders or members hold;
4° A list of the persons who are members of the company's management, executive, administrative or supervisory bodies. Statutory auditors who are members of the management, executive, administrative or supervisory bodies shall produce proof of their registration on the list of statutory auditors;
However, in the event of an application for registration by a company concurrently with an application for registration by a statutory auditor referred to in this paragraph, the latter shall attach proof of his application for registration. When ruling on the company's application for registration, the High Council shall verify that all the statutory auditors referred to in this paragraph have been registered;
5° A certificate from the clerk of the commercial court of the place of the registered office stating that the application and the documents required for the company's subsequent registration in the register of companies have been filed with the clerk's office.
The High Council shall also verify that the company's application for registration has been approved by the clerk of the commercial court of the place of the registered office.
