The company is formed subject to the condition precedent of its registration on the Roll of the Association.
The application for registration of the “société d’exercice libéral” is presented collectively by the partners and sent to the Conseil départemental de l’ordre of the registered office of the company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, accompanied, on pain of inadmissibility, by the following documents:
1° A copy of the company’s Articles of Association and, if any have been drawn up, of its by-laws, as well as, where applicable, a copy of the Memorandum of Association;
2° A certificate of registration of each partner practising within the company or, for partners not yet registered, proof of application for registration;
3° A certificate from the clerk of the commercial court of the location of the company’s registered office or the court with commercial jurisdiction stating that the application and the documents required for subsequent registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register have been filed with the clerk’s office;
4° A certificate from the partners stating :
a) The nature and separate valuation of each of the contributions made by the partners;
b) The amount of the share capital, and the number, nominal value and distribution of the shares representing this capital;
c) A statement that the contributions towards the formation of the share capital have been paid up in full or in part, as the case may be.
Registration may only be refused if the Articles of Association do not comply with the laws and regulations in force. Registration may also be refused in the case provided for in article L. 4113-11.
Any changes to the articles of association and to the information listed in 4° above must be sent to the Conseil départemental de l’ordre in the manner specified in this article.