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Article L141-12 of the French Commercial code

Subject to the provisions relating to the contribution of business assets to a company set out in articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22, any sale or transfer of business assets, whether or not made conditionally or in the form of another contract, as well as any allocation of business assets by partition or auction, is, unless it occurs pursuant to article L. 642-5, within fifteen days of its date, published at the purchaser’s request in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the department in which the business is operated and in the form of an extract or notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. In the case of fairground businesses, the place of operation is the place where the seller is entered in the trade and company register.

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Article L141-12

Sous réserve des dispositions relatives à l’apport en société des fonds de commerce prévues aux articles L. 141-21 et L. 141-22, toute vente ou cession de fonds de commerce, consentie même sous condition ou sous la forme d’un autre contrat, ainsi que toute attribution de fonds de commerce par partage ou licitation, est, sauf si elle intervient en application de l’article L. 642-5, dans la quinzaine de sa date, publiée à la diligence de l’acquéreur sur un support habilité à recevoir des annonces légales dans le département dans lequel le fonds est exploité et sous forme d’extrait ou d’avis au Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. En ce qui concerne les fonds forains, le lieu d’exploitation est celui où le vendeur est inscrit au registre du commerce et des sociétés.

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