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Article L123-3 of the French Commercial code

Failure by a natural person trader to apply for registration within the prescribed period, the judge, acting either ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor or any person demonstrating an interest therein, shall issue an order enjoining the trader, where applicable under a fine, to apply for registration.

Under the same conditions, the judge may enjoin, if necessary under a penalty payment, any person registered in the Trade and Companies Register who has not requested them within the prescribed time limits, to have the additional particulars or rectifications that they must have entered in the register made, or the necessary particulars or rectifications made in the case of inaccurate or incomplete declarations, or to have the register struck off.

The clerk of a court who issues a decision requiring a person to register must notify this decision to the clerk of the commercial court within whose jurisdiction the person concerned has his registered office or principal place of business. The clerk of the commercial court to whom the decision is addressed shall refer the matter to the judge responsible for supervising the register.

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Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L123-3

Faute par un commerçant personne physique de requérir son immatriculation dans le délai prescrit, le juge commis soit d’office, soit à la requête du procureur de la République ou de toute personne justifiant y avoir intérêt, rend une ordonnance lui enjoignant, le cas échéant sous astreinte, de demander son immatriculation.

Dans les mêmes conditions, le juge peut enjoindre, le cas échéant sous astreinte, à toute personne immatriculée au registre du commerce et des sociétés qui ne les aurait pas requises dans les délais prescrits, de faire procéder soit aux mentions complémentaires ou rectifications qu’elle doit y faire porter, soit aux mentions ou rectifications nécessaires en cas de déclarations inexactes ou incomplètes, soit à la radiation.

Le greffier d’une juridiction qui rend une décision impliquant l’obligation pour une personne de s’immatriculer doit notifier cette décision au greffier du tribunal de commerce dans le ressort duquel l’intéressé a son siège ou son établissement principal. Le greffier du tribunal de commerce destinataire de la décision saisit le juge commis à la surveillance du registre.

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