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Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-288 of the French Commercial code

Any entry in the National Register of Companies concerning the commencement or cessation of business, changes to the situation or deletion of a natural or legal person, as well as any filing of documents, shall be made by the keeper of the register on the basis of a declaration or filing received electronically from the declarant via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, under the conditions provided for…

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Article R123-289 of the French Commercial code

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

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Article R123-290 of the French Commercial code

For all electronic transmissions referred to in article R. 123-288, an electronic signature is used under the conditions set out in article R. 123-5. Subject to the provisions legally or judicially empowering third parties to make a declaration or a filing, applications for registration shall bear the signature of the person required to register or of his authorised representative who provides proof of his identity and, in the case of…

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Article R123-292 of the French Commercial code

The supporting documents required for the registration of information, the filing of documents or the performance of checks by the authorities referred to in sub-section 2 of this section are determined by a joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Ministers responsible for the economy, social affairs and agriculture. The authorities referred to in sub-section 2 of this section may request, via the single body referred to in…

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Article R123-293 of the French Commercial code

The keeper of the national register shall enter the information and attach the documents filed within one clear working day of receipt of the declaration or, for information and documents subject to validation pursuant to sub-section 2 of this section, within one clear working day of receipt of the validation. It informs the declarant of this via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1. Apart from cases giving rise…

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Article R123-294 of the French Commercial code

Any automatic entry in the National Register of Companies is made by the keeper of the register either on its own initiative or on the basis of a declaration or filing made by the authorised authorities with the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, under the conditions set out in article R. 123-7.

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Article R123-295 of the French Commercial code

The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies) requests that the National Register of Companies record the following in the file of the company concerned: 1° The unique identification number referred to in article L. 123-34 allocated to the company when it is entered in the register of companies and their establishments; 2° The additional identification number allocated to each establishment;…

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Article R123-296 of the French Commercial code

The keeper of the National Register of Companies records, for each company, the date and nature of the formalities transmitted by the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1. It also records the date of validation of the data and documents.

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Article R123-297 of the French Commercial code

Any amending entry mentioned or reported ex officio in the Trade and Companies Register by the Registrar of the Commercial Court or of the Court adjudicating in commercial matters shall be brought to the attention of the keeper of the National Register of Companies for registration purposes. The registrar shall proceed as specified in the second paragraph of article R. 123-83. The provisions of this article shall apply to amending…

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