Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

I.-The single body mentioned in article L. 123-33 enables companies to carry out all the formalities and procedures required to access and carry out their business. To this end, it receives the single file provided for in article L. 123-33. This file includes: 1° The declarations relating to their creation, changes in their situation or the cessation of their activity, including information relating to the beneficial owner pursuant to Article…

I.-The single body implements an IT service, known as the single electronic window for business formalities, accessible via the Internet, secure and free of charge, which enables the declarant, according to his choice: 1° Draw up a single file in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 123-3; 2° Forwarding the single file to the recipient bodies and the competent authorities, provided that it contains all the information…

The file referred to in article L. 123-33 and sent to the single body includes the following: 1° All the information provided by the registrant; 2° Where applicable, the applications for authorisation referred to in 2° of I of Article R. 123-1 required for the activity to be carried out; 3° The digital or digitised documents required, except in the case of documents that must be supplied in the original…

I.-The declarations referred to in 1° of I of article R. 123-1 include the information essential for the recipient bodies to exercise their prerogatives or for registration in the registers or business register. This includes the following information: 1° In the case of company start-ups: a) The name, surname, forenames and nationality of the person making the declaration in the case of natural persons, and the company name in the…

Where a signature is required, the use of an advanced electronic signature based on a qualified certificate is required under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market. The qualified electronic signature certificate meets the requirements of Annex 1 of this regulation and is issued by a qualified trust service provider or…

Articles R. 112-11-1 to R. 112-11-4 of the Code des relations entre le public et l’administration (Code on relations between the public and the administration) are, unless otherwise provided for in this article, applicable to the procedures for referring a matter to the single body and to exchanges between the registrant and this single body. By way of derogation from the last three paragraphs of Article R. 112-11-1 of the…

Articles R. 112-11-1 to R. 112-11-4 of the Code des relations entre le public et l’administration are, unless otherwise provided for in this article, applicable to exchanges between the single body, on the one hand, and the bodies receiving declarations and the authorities competent to rule on authorisation applications, on the other hand. The single body sends the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies the information and documents required…

When the declaration or application for authorisation referred to in 1° and 2° of I of Article R. 123-1 involves the payment of fees to the benefit of the recipient body or competent authority the declarant pays these to the single body, in accordance with the terms set by an order of the Minister responsible for the economy. The single body collects, on behalf of the recipient bodies and competent…

If the registrant uses a temporary data retention service offered by the single body under conditions that comply with Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, files and freedoms and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, at…

In the case of an application for authorisation mentioned in 2° of I of article R. 123-1: 1° Where the file contains all the documents required for the issue of the authorisation(s) required, in accordance with article R. 123-3, the electronic acknowledgement of receipt referred to in article R. 123-7 indicates the deadline(s) laid down by the legislative or regulatory texts in force for the issue of the authorisation(s) required…