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Article R123-311 of the French Commercial code

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, as the principal activity, the first secondary activity in the order of declaration, where applicable after validation of the latter by one of the aforementioned authorities.

In the absence of secondary activities declared by an individual when applying for registration, the keeper of the National Companies Register will not proceed with registration.

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Article R123-311

Lorsqu’une activité déclarée en tant qu’activité principale n’est pas validée par l’une des autorités mentionnées à la sous-section 2 de la présente section, le teneur du Registre national des entreprises procède à l’inscription, comme activité principale, de la première activité secondaire dans l’ordre de déclaration, le cas échéant après validation de celle-ci par l’une des autorités susmentionnées.


A défaut d’activités secondaires déclarées par une personne physique à l’occasion de sa demande d’immatriculation, le teneur du Registre national des entreprises ne procède pas à l’immatriculation.

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