TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Commercial companies are registered in the Trade and Companies Register under the conditions defined in Book I. The application for registration is submitted after completion of the formalities for incorporation of the company.

The term of the company runs from the date of its registration in the Trade and Companies Register. It may be extended once or several times, without each extension exceeding ninety-nine years.

When the other formalities for the formation of the company have been completed, a notice is inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office. This notice is signed by the notary who received the company deed or in whose minutes it was filed; in other cases, it is signed by one of the founders or the first partners who has received a…

The notice referred to in Article R. 210-3 contains the following information: 1° The company name followed, where applicable, by its acronym; 2° The form of the company; 3° The amount of share capital; 4° The address of the registered office; 5° The corporate purpose, stated briefly; 6° The duration for which the company was formed; 7° The surname, usual first name and domicile of the partners indefinitely liable for…

When a limited liability company is formed, a statement of the acts performed on behalf of the company being formed, with an indication, for each of them, of the commitment that would result for the company, is presented to the partners before the Articles of Association are signed. This statement is appended to the Articles of Association, the signing of which entails the assumption of the commitments by the company,…

When a joint stock company is formed without a public offer, or by means of a public offer mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, a statement of the acts carried out on behalf of the company being formed, with an indication, for each of them, of the resulting liability for the company, is…

When a société par actions with a public offering is formed, the acts performed on behalf of the company being formed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article L. 210-6 are submitted to the constituent general meeting, after the first members of the board of directors or the supervisory board and the first statutory auditors have been appointed. These provisions do not apply when a société par actions with…

After registration in the Trade and Companies Register, the formation of the company is advertised in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales, in accordance with Article R. 123-155.