Chapter III: General obligations of traders.

This section applies to relations between, on the one hand, companies and, on the other hand, State administrations, public administrative establishments of the State, local authorities, their groupings and their public administrative establishments, private persons entrusted with a public administrative service, bodies managing social protection schemes covered by the Social Security Code and the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or mentioned in Articles L. 3141-32 and L. 5427-1 of the…

With the exception of the procedures and formalities required for access to and the exercise of regulated activities, any company complies with the obligation to declare its creation, the modification of its situation or the cessation of its activities to an administration, a person or a body mentioned in article L. 123-32 by filing a single dossier comprising the declarations it is required to make. This file is filed electronically…

In its relations with the administrations, persons or bodies mentioned in article L. 123-32, a company may not be required to give an identification number other than the unique number allocated under conditions laid down by decree. A specific identifier may be used in addition, in particular for certain activities subject to prior declaration or authorisation, under conditions laid down by decree. The company may not be required to mention…

When transmitted electronically, accounting documents shall be filed in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. .