The provisions of this section apply:
1° To any person exercising a commercial or craft activity, to any farmer and to any natural person exercising an independent professional activity, including a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected;
2° To any person who has, directly or indirectly, in law or in fact, managed or wound up a legal entity governed by private law;
3° To natural persons who are permanent representatives of legal entities who manage the legal entities defined in 2° above.