Section 5: Consultation of registered information

In order to guarantee the publicity of registered information, the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce shall set up and manage the national portal referred to in Article R. 521-1. Subject to the provisions of this section, the provisions of Title XXI of Book I of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to the electronic communication of procedural documents made possible by this electronic portal. Before 31…

The portal mentioned in article R. 521-29 can be consulted free of charge. It enables a document showing the information provided for in article R. 521-33 to be downloaded.

The registrar with whom one of the registrations mentioned in article R. 521-1 has been made shall issue, on request, a statement mentioning the numbers of these registrations that he has noted as well as their date and place of registration. This statement shall be dated and signed by the registrar. The registrar in whose register one or more of the entries referred to in Article R. 521-1 are recorded…

For the consultation, the applicant shall indicate the following: 1° Concerning the owner of the property referred to in 5° of article R. 521-6 or, in the absence of property, the debtor: a) If it concerns a natural person who is a trader: his surname, first name and unique identification number supplemented by the words RCS followed by the name of the town where the registry where he is registered…

Each consultation shows the absence of registration or, if registration is present, the information recorded in the registers of personal property security held by each registrar as well as the identification of the registrars who hold these registers. Cancelled or expired registrations no longer appear in the results of requests to consult the portal.

Also included in the consultation, among the registrations of maritime mortgages and seizures of ships, are those relating to ships registered in the register referred to in Article L. 5611-1 of the Transport Code. In this case, it is only indicated whether the vessel is subject to a mortgage or seizure entered in this register.