Section 2: Formalities

The entry is made in a register kept by the competent registrar. This registrar shall be, as the case may be, the registrar of the commercial court, the registrar of the judicial court ruling on commercial matters or the registrar of the mixed commercial court within whose jurisdiction the debtor, or the owner of the collateral if he is not the debtor, is principally registered in the register of commerce…

The application for registration is made by the applicant by handing over or sending by post or electronic means a form to the competent registrar. Where the slip is drawn up in paper form it shall be in duplicate. It shall include the following information: 1° The category of registration among those listed in Article R. 521-2 and its date of creation or effect; 2° The designation of the creditor,…

The applicant must attach to the form, as appropriate, the original deed constituting the security if it is a private document, the copy if it is a notarised document, the court decision or a copy of these documents. For the vendor’s lien on a business, the document to be submitted must be the original of the deed of transfer of the business if it is a private document or a…

On receipt of the documents referred to in articles R. 521-6 and R. 521-7, the registrar shall assign a serial number to the application for registration and, after checking that the file is complete and the application in order, shall proceed with the registration by entering in the register the information listed in article R. 521-6 as well as the serial number and date of registration. The supporting documents referred…

I. Where the sales or transfers of goodwill include pledged trademarks or service marks, industrial designs or models and software exploitation rights and where the pledges of such goodwill include patents for inventions or licences, trademarks or designs and software exploitation rights, the registrar shall issue a certificate of registration which shall include the following particulars: I. 1° the nature, date and serial number of the registration made at the…

Registrations take effect on the date on which they are duly completed.

Unless otherwise provided, registration is effective for five years. Registration may be renewed before this period expires.

As an exception to the first paragraph of article R. 521-11, the registration takes effect for: -ten years for the preferential right of the seller of a business, the pledge of a business, maritime and river mortgages and decrees issued pursuant to articles L. 184-1 or L. 511-11 of the Construction and Housing Code relating to a building in which a business is operated for the purposes of accommodation; >…