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Article R526-21 of the French Commercial code

In the event of the death of a registered person, it is the responsibility of his heirs or universal successors to request, via the single body referred to in article R. 123-1, his removal from the special register.

When the Registrar has received proof of the death of a registered person, and if the heirs or universal successors fail to comply with the provisions of the previous paragraph, the Registrar shall proceed automatically and without delay to remove that person from the register and at the same time transmit a file to the electronic one-stop shop implemented by the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, in accordance with the provisions of the same article.

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Article R526-21

En cas de décès de la personne immatriculée, il incombe à ses héritiers ou ayants cause à titre universel de demander, par l’intermédiaire de l’organisme unique mentionné à l’article R. 123-1, sa radiation du registre spécial.

Lorsque le greffier a reçu la preuve du décès d’une personne immatriculée, et faute par les héritiers ou ayants cause à titre universel de se conformer aux dispositions de l’alinéa précédent, il procède d’office et sans délai à la radiation de cette personne et transmet concomitamment un dossier auprès du guichet unique électronique mis en œuvre par l’organisme unique mentionné à l’article R. 123-1, conformément aux dispositions du même article.

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