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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-61-1

A standard model for the annual accounts confidentiality statement provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111-1 is set out in Annex 1-5 to this book.A standard model for the declaration…

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

Article R123-166-4

Any substantial change in the information provided for in Article R. 123-166-2 must be declared within two months to the prefect who issued the authorisation. When the domiciliation company creates on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Companies opening a first establishment in France.

Article R123-113

…y of the articles of association in force on the day of filing, translated if necessary into French and certified as a true copy by the legal representative of the company or by the person with the po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-134

The deregistrations provided for in articles R. 123-132 and R. 123-133 are also carried out automatically at the places of secondary registrations upon notification by the registrar of the main regist…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-18

…f) For each natural person who is a member of the grouping, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article R. 123-37 and, where applicable, the identification numbers of these persons with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-133

The information provided for in 1° of article R. 123-124 shall be struck off automatically: 1° When a decision of rehabilitation, removal of incapacity or amnesty occurs, removing the incapacity or pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-17

The associations mentioned in article A. 123-16 declare, in addition, in their application for registration the surname, usual name, pseudonym, forenames, personal domicile, date and place of birth an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.

Article D123-205-1

The book mentioned in article L. 123-28 distinguishes cash payments from other payments and indicates the references of the supporting documents.The register referred to in the same article shall show…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-10

Each technical working group is responsible, within the limits set by the strategic steering committee, for fulfilling the tasks assigned by the latter in application of 9° of article A. 123-7. In thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.

Article R123-177

The inventory is the annual check of the existence and value of all assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date. Inventory data is kept under the conditions provided for in article L. 123-22 and…

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