BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Authorisation may be suspended for a maximum of six months or withdrawn by the prefect where the domiciliation company no longer meets the conditions set out in II of article L. 123-11-3 or has not made the declaration provided for in article R. 123-166-4. When the direct debit company is the subject of proceedings before the Commission nationale des sanctions instituted in article L. 561-38 of the Monetary and Financial…

Any natural or legal person who sets up the registered office of his company in premises which he will occupy jointly with one or more companies shall submit, in support of his application for registration, the domiciliation contract concluded for this purpose with the owner or leaseholder of these premises. The provisions of the previous paragraph shall also apply to any legal person whose registered office is located abroad and…

The direct debit contract must be drawn up in writing. It is concluded for a period of at least three months, renewable by tacit agreement, unless notice of termination is given. The parties undertake to comply with the following conditions: 1° The domiciliary must, during the occupation of the premises, be registered in the Trade and Companies Register; however, this condition is not required if the domiciliary is a French…

The domiciliation contract provided for in articles R. 123-167 and R. 123-168 is mentioned in the Trade and Companies Register, with an indication of the name or corporate name and the references of the main registration in a public register of the domiciliary company.

A failure to comply with the obligations mentioned in 1° of article R. 123-168. The same penalty applies if a company carrying out the activity of domiciliation agent fails to ensure that the person domiciled complies with the obligations mentioned in 2° of article R. 123-168. Natural or legal persons guilty of the offences provided for in this article shall incur the additional penalty of confiscation of the thing that…

Companies and their subsidiaries that set up their registered office in the same premises of which one has the use are not required to enter into a domiciliation contract with each other.

When the registered legal entity has set up its registered office at the domicile of its legal representative by using the option available under the provisions of the second and fourth paragraphs of article L. 123-11-1, the registrar shall send the company a letter three months before the expiry of the five-year period provided for in this article, inviting it to provide the address of its new registered office. If…