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Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article R123-79 of the French Commercial code

The powers relating to the supervision of the trade and companies register and related disputes, provided for in Article L. 123-6, are exercised, for legal entities that are not merchants within the meaning of 2° and 5° of I of Article L. 123-1, by the president of the judicial court or a judge appointed for this purpose.

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Article R123-82 of the French Commercial code

The register of commerce and companies comprises: 1° An alphabetical file of registered persons; 2° The individual file consisting of the application for registration, supplemented, where applicable, by subsequent entries; 3° An annexed file containing the deeds and documents that must be filed with the register of commerce and companies, pursuant to this code and any other legislative or regulatory provisions.

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Article R123-83 of the French Commercial code

Any entry in the Trade and Companies Register concerning the commencement or cessation of business, changes to the situation or striking off of a natural person or legal entity is made by the Registrar on a declaration received from the declarant via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1. Any automatic registration by the Registrar is accompanied by a declaration made at the same time by the Registrar to…

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Article R123-84 of the French Commercial code

Applications are drawn up in the forms defined by Article R. 123-3 and sent by the single body defined in Article R. 123-1 to the registry of the competent court. They are accompanied by the deeds and documents mentioned in articles R. 123-102 to R. 123-110 as well as documents meeting the requirements of article L. 123-2. The list of supporting documents is set by the order provided for in…

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Article R123-85 of the French Commercial code

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 123-87 to R. 123-91, registration applications shall bear the signature of the person required to register the company or of his authorised representative who provides proof of his identity and, in the case of the authorised representative, a power of attorney signed by the person required to register the company. A copy of the power of attorney may be provided where electronic transmission…

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Article R123-86 of the French Commercial code

Any application for additional registration, amending registration and removal shall state: 1° For natural persons, their surname, customary name, pseudonym, first names and date and place of birth, as well as the information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237; 2° For legal entities, their corporate name or denomination, their legal form and the address of their registered office, as well as the information provided for in…

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Article R123-89 of the French Commercial code

A notary who draws up a deed that has any impact on the parties concerned in terms of the register is required to complete the corresponding formalities by sending a file to the single body, in accordance with the procedure laid down in article R. 123-1, on pain of a civil fine of 15 to 750 euros imposed by the judicial court, without prejudice to the application of disciplinary sanctions…

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