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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-257

The following information relating to the company's principal place of business in France, or its registered office if it has no place of business, shall be entered in the National Register of Compani…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to be registered in the National Register of Companies

Article R123-242

For the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 123-36 and for the natural persons mentioned in 4° and 5° of the same article who have chosen to practise under the limited liability sole trader r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-9

An IT service accessible via the Internet, secure and free of charge, enables the nationals mentioned in article R. 123-30-8:1° To have access to the information mentioned in 6° of article R. 123-2;2°…

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

Article R123-59

The following shall be declared in the application for registration of a company, with regard to its activity and establishment, or its registered office if it has no establishment: 1° In the case of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-9

If the registrant uses a temporary data retention service offered by the single body under conditions that comply with Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, files and freedoms and Regula…

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

Article R123-42

The information provided for in Article R. 123-38 shall be declared in the application for secondary registration.This application also states the trader's surname, usual name, pseudonym and first nam…

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

Article A123-16

In their application for registration, the associations mentioned in article L. 213-8 of the Monetary and Financial Codedeclare, pursuant to article R. 123-62 : 1° The title of the association, follow…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-90

The rights to erasure, portability and opposition provided for respectively by articles 51, 55 and 56 of the law of 6 January 1978 referred to do not apply. The rights of access to data and limitation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-124

The following are automatically entered in the register:1° Measures of incapacity or prohibition from exercising a commercial or professional activity, managing, administering or directing a legal ent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the National Register of Companies and checks carried out by certain authorities

Article R123-270

Validation of the entries of information and filings of documents provided for in Article L. 123-41, as well as the checks provided for in Article L. 123-42, are carried out by the registrar of the co…

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