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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.

Article R123-71-2

…trar updates certain information concerning the registration of a société anonyme, a société en commandite par actions, a société à responsabilité limitée or a société par actions simplifiée, he shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-285

…e départementale ou pluridépartementale de mutualité sociale agricole will validate the information and documents provided and carry out the checks referred to in article R. 123-284, within forty-five…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-6

…of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration (Code on relations between the public and the administration) are, unless otherwise provided for in this article, applicable to the proced…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-2

…known as the single electronic window for business formalities, accessible via the Internet, secure and free of charge, which enables the declarant, according to his choice: 1° Draw up a single file i…

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

Article R123-54

The company also declares:1° The surname, usual name, pseudonym, first names and personal domicile of the partners who are indefinitely liable or indefinitely and jointly liable for the company's debt…

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

Article R123-298

…quest the keeper of the National Register of Companies, via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, to enter the following information in the file of a natural person who is not registered in t…

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

Article R123-311

Where an activity declared as a principal activity is not validated by one of the authorities referred to in sub-section 2 of this section, the keeper of the National Register of Companies shall enter…

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

Article R123-300

…after 1 January 2006, the following information is not made available to the public: 1° Judgements handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proceedings pursuant to Article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 3: Filings attached to the National Register of Companies

Article R123-251

…y order of the Minister of Justice; 3° In the case of affected assets within the meaning of Article L. 526-6, the descriptive statement provided for in Article L. 526-8 and, where applicable, the docu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-3

…Article R. 123-5 falls at least, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic tr…

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