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BOOK I: Commerce in general.
TITLE I: Commercial transactions.
Article L110-1
Article L110-2
Article L110-3
Article L110-4
TITLE II: Traders.
Chapter I: Definition and status.
Section 1: Trader status.
Article L121-1
Article L121-2
Article L121-3
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business
Article L121-4
Article L121-5
Article L121-6
Article L121-7
Article L121-8
Chapter II: Foreign traders.
Chapter III: General obligations of traders.
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.
Article L123-1
Article L123-2
Article L123-3
Article L123-5
Article L123-5-1
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration.
Article L123-6
Article L123-7
Article L123-8
Article L123-9
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered persons.
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to natural persons
Article L123-10
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to legal entities
Article L123-11
Article L123-11-1
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.
Article L123-11-2
Article L123-11-3
Article L123-11-4
Article L123-11-5
Article L123-11-6
Section 2: Merchant accounting
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.
Article L123-12
Article L123-13
Article L123-14
Article L123-15
Article L123-16
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.
Article L123-25
Article L123-26
Article L123-27
Article L123-28
Article L123-28-1
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities
Article L123-29
Article L123-30
Article L123-31
Section 4: Administrative formalities for companies
Article L123-32
Article L123-33
Article L123-34
Article L123-35
Section 5: National register of companies
Subsection 1: Companies required to register
Article L123-36
Article L123-37
Article L123-38
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the national register of companies and checks carried out by certain authorities
Paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article L123-39
Article L123-40
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters
Article L123-41
Article L123-42
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts
Article L123-43
Article L123-44
Article L123-45
Article L123-46
Article L123-47
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)
Article L123-48
Article L123-49
Subsection 3: Keeping the national register of companies
Article L123-50
Article L123-51
Article L123-52
Article L123-53
Subsection 4: General provisions
Article L123-54
Article L123-55
Article L123-56
Article L123-57
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.
Article L124-1
Article L124-1-1
Article L124-2
Article L124-3
Article L124-4
Chapter V: Collective shops for independent traders
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop
Article L125-1
Article L125-2
Article L125-3
Article L125-4
Article L125-5
Section 2: Administration of the collective shop
Article L125-10
Article L125-11
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.
Article L125-12
Article L125-13
Article L125-14
Article L125-15
Article L125-16
Section 4: Dissolution.
Article L125-19
Chapter VI: Mutual guarantee companies.
Article L126-1
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.
Article L127-1
Article L127-2
Article L127-3
Article L127-4
Article L127-5
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets
Article L128-1
Article L128-2
Article L128-3
Article L128-4
Article L128-5
Chapter IX: Paid tutoring in companies.
Article L129-1
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers, commercial agents and independent door-to-door salespeople.
Chapter I: Brokers.
Section 1: Brokers in general
Article L131-1
Article L131-2
Article L131-3
Article L131-5
Article L131-11
Section 2: Sworn goods brokers
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in
Article L131-12
Article L131-13
Article L131-14
Article L131-15
Article L131-16
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers
Article L131-23
Article L131-24
Article L131-25
Article L131-26
Article L131-27
Subsection 3: Discipline of sworn goods brokers Discipline of sworn goods brokers
Article L131-32
Subsection 4: The National Council of Sworn Freight Brokers
Article L131-33
Article L131-34
Subsection 5: Conditions of application
Article L131-35
Chapter II: Commission agents.
Section 1: Commission agents in general.
Article L132-1
Article L132-2
Section 2: Forwarding agents.
Article L132-3
Article L132-4
Article L132-5
Article L132-6
Article L132-7
Chapter III: Carriers.
Article L133-1
Article L133-2
Article L133-3
Article L133-4
Article L133-5
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.
Article L134-1
Article L134-2
Article L134-3
Article L134-4
Article L134-5
Chapter V: Self-employed door-to-door salespeople.
Article L135-1
Article L135-2
Article L135-3
TITLE IV: The business.
Chapter I: Sale of a business.
Section 1: The deed of sale.
Article L141-2
Article L141-3
Article L141-4
Section 2: Seller's lien.
Article L141-5
Article L141-6
Article L141-7
Article L141-8
Article L141-9
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.
Article L141-23
Article L141-24
Article L141-25
Article L141-26
Article L141-27
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council
Article L141-28
Article L141-29
Article L141-30
Article L141-31
Article L141-32
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.
Article L142-1
Article L142-2
Article L142-3
Article L142-4
Article L142-5
Chapter III: Provisions common to the sale and pledging of a business.
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.
Article L143-1
Article L143-2
Article L143-3
Article L143-4
Article L143-5
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.
Article L143-16
Article L143-17
Article L143-18
Article L143-19
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.
Article L143-21
Article L143-22
Article L143-23
Chapter IV: Management leases.
Article L144-1
Article L144-2
Article L144-6
Article L144-7
Article L144-8
Chapter V: Commercial leases.
Section 1: Scope of application.
Article L145-1
Article L145-2
Article L145-3
Section 2: Duration.
Article L145-4
Article L145-5
Article L145-5-1
Article L145-6
Article L145-7
Section 3: Renewal.
Article L145-8
Article L145-9
Article L145-10
Article L145-11
Article L145-12
Section 4: Refusal to renew.
Article L145-14
Article L145-15
Article L145-16
Article L145-16-1
Article L145-16-2
Section 5: Subletting.
Article L145-31
Article L145-32
Section 6: Rent.
Article L145-33
Article L145-34
Article L145-35
Article L145-36
Article L145-37
Section 6a : Inventory of fixtures, rental charges and taxes
Article L145-40-1
Article L145-40-2
Section 7: Termination
Article L145-41
Article L145-42
Article L145-43
Article L145-44
Article L145-45
Section 8: Despecialisation.
Article L145-47
Article L145-48
Article L145-49
Article L145-50
Article L145-51
Section 9: Procedure.
Article L145-56
Article L145-57
Article L145-58
Article L145-59
Article L145-60
Chapter VI: Managing agents.
Article L146-1
Article L146-2
Article L146-3
Article L146-4
Title V: Protection of business secrecy
Chapter I: Purpose and conditions of protection
Section 1: Protected information
Article L151-1
Section 2: Legitimate possession and lawful obtaining of a business secret
Article L151-2
Article L151-3
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure
Article L151-4
Article L151-5
Article L151-6
Section 4: Exceptions to the protection of business secrecy
Article L151-7
Article L151-8
Article L151-9
Chapter II: Actions to prevent, cease or remedy a breach of business secrecy
Article L152-1
Article L152-2
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy
Article L152-3
Article L152-4
Article L152-5
Section 2: Compensation for breach of business confidentiality
Article L152-6
Section 3: Advertising measures
Article L152-7
Section 4: Penalties for dilatory or abusive proceedings
Article L152-8
Chapter III: General measures for the protection of business secrecy before civil or commercial courts
Article L153-1
Article L153-2
Chapter IV: Conditions of application
Article L154-1
BOOK II: Commercial companies and economic interest groupings.
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.
Article L210-1
Article L210-2
Article L210-3
Article L210-4
Article L210-5
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.
Chapter I: General partnerships.
Article L221-1
Article L221-2
Article L221-3
Article L221-4
Article L221-5
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.
Article L222-1
Article L222-2
Article L222-3
Article L222-4
Article L222-5
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.
Article L223-1
Article L223-2
Article L223-3
Article L223-4
Article L223-6
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.
Article L224-1
Article L224-2
Article L224-3
Chapter V: Public limited companies.
Article L225-1
Section 1 : Formation of sociétés anonymes.
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
Article L225-2
Article L225-3
Article L225-4
Article L225-5
Article L225-6
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
Article L225-12
Article L225-13
Article L225-14
Article L225-15
Article L225-16
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.
Article L225-17
Article L225-18
Article L225-18-1
Article L225-19
Article L225-20
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.
Article L225-57
Article L225-58
Article L225-59
Article L225-60
Article L225-61
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.
Article L225-94
Article L225-94-1
Article L225-95
Article L225-95-1
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.
Article L225-96
Article L225-97
Article L225-98
Article L225-99
Article L225-100
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.
Subsection 1: Capital increases.
Article L225-127
Article L225-128
Article L225-129
Article L225-129-1
Article L225-129-2
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.
Paragraph 1: Stock options.
Article L225-177
Article L225-178
Article L225-179
Article L225-180
Article L225-181
Paragraph 2: The issue and purchase on the stock market of shares reserved for employees.
Article L225-187-1
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.
Article L225-197-1
Article L225-197-2
Article L225-197-3
Article L225-197-4
Article L225-197-5
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.
Article L225-198
Article L225-199
Article L225-200
Article L225-201
Article L225-202
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.
Article L225-204
Article L225-205
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.
Article L225-206
Article L225-207
Article L225-208
Article L225-209-2
Article L225-210
Section 5: Control of sociétés anonymes.
Article L225-218
Article L225-228
Article L225-231
Article L225-232
Section 6 : Conversion of sociétés anonymes.
Article L225-243
Article L225-244
Article L225-245
Article L225-245-1
Section 7 : Dissolution of sociétés anonymes.
Article L225-246
Article L225-248
Section 8: Civil liability.
Article L225-249
Article L225-250
Article L225-251
Article L225-252
Article L225-253
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.
Article L225-258
Article L225-259
Article L225-260
Article L225-261
Article L225-262
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.
Article L226-1
Article L226-2
Article L226-3
Article L226-4
Article L226-4-1
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.
Article L227-1
Article L227-2
Article L227-2-1
Article L227-3
Article L227-4
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities
Article L228-1
Article L228-2
Article L228-3
Article L228-3-1
Article L228-3-2
Section 2: Shares.
Article L228-7
Article L228-8
Article L228-9
Article L228-10
Article L228-11
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.
Subsection 1: General provisions.
Article L228-29-8
Article L228-29-9
Article L228-29-10
Subsection 2: Investment certificates.
Article L228-30
Article L228-31
Article L228-32
Article L228-33
Article L228-34
Subsection 3: Priority actions.
Article L228-35-1
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.
Article L228-35-2
Article L228-35-3
Article L228-35-4
Article L228-35-5
Article L228-35-6
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.
Article L228-36-A
Subsection 1: Equity securities
Article L228-36
Article L228-37
Sub-section 2: Obligations.
Article L228-38
Article L228-39
Article L228-40
Article L228-44
Article L228-45
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article L228-91
Article L228-92
Article L228-93
Article L228-94
Article L228-95
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.
Article L228-98
Article L228-99
Article L228-100
Article L228-101
Article L228-102
Chapter IX: The European Company
Article L229-1
Article L229-2
Article L229-3
Article L229-4
Article L229-5
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility
Article L22-10-1
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies
Subsection 1: Constitution
Article L22-10-2
Subsection 2: Management and administration
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management
Article L22-10-3
Article L22-10-4
Article L22-10-5
Article L22-10-6
Article L22-10-7
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board
Article L22-10-18
Article L22-10-19
Article L22-10-20
Article L22-10-21
Article L22-10-22
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings
Article L22-10-31
Article L22-10-32
Article L22-10-33
Article L22-10-34
Article L22-10-35
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership
Paragraph 1: Capital increases
Article L22-10-49
Article L22-10-50
Article L22-10-51
Article L22-10-52
Article L22-10-53
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees
Article L22-10-56
Article L22-10-57
Article L22-10-58
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares
Article L22-10-59
Article L22-10-60
Paragraph 4: Subscription, purchase or pledging by companies of their own shares
Article L22-10-61
Article L22-10-62
Article L22-10-63
Article L22-10-64
Article L22-10-65
Subsection 5: Control
Article L22-10-66
Article L22-10-67
Article L22-10-68
Article L22-10-69
Article L22-10-70
Subsection 6: Dissolution
Article L22-10-72
Article L22-10-73
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares
Article L22-10-74
Article L22-10-75
Article L22-10-76
Article L22-10-77
Article L22-10-78
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.
Chapter I: Variable capital
Article L231-1
Article L231-2
Article L231-3
Article L231-4
Article L231-5
Chapter II: Company accounts
Section 1: Accounting documents
Article L232-1
Article L232-2
Article L232-3
Article L232-4
Article L232-5
Section 2: Documents specific to publicly traded companies
Article L232-7
Section 3: Depreciation and provisions
Article L232-9
Section 4: Profits
Article L232-10
Article L232-11
Article L232-12
Article L232-13
Article L232-14
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts
Article L232-21
Article L232-22
Article L232-23
Article L232-24
Article L232-25
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies
Section 1: Definitions
Article L233-1
Article L233-2
Article L233-3
Article L233-4
Article L233-5
Section 2: Notifications and information
Article L233-6
Article L233-7
Article L233-7-1
Article L233-8
Article L233-9
Section 3: Consolidated accounts
Article L233-16
Article L233-17
Article L233-17-1
Article L233-17-2
Article L233-18
Section 4: Reciprocal shareholdings
Article L233-29
Article L233-30
Article L233-31
Section 5: Takeover bids
Article L233-32
Article L233-33
Article L233-34
Article L233-35
Article L233-36
Chapter IV: Alert procedure
Article L234-1
Article L234-2
Article L234-3
Article L234-4
Chapter V: Invalidity
Article L235-1
Article L235-2
Article L235-2-1
Article L235-3
Article L235-4
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets
Section 1: Merger
Subsection 1: Mergers between commercial companies
Article L236-1
Article L236-2
Article L236-3
Article L236-4
Article L236-5
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies
Article L236-8
Article L236-9
Article L236-10
Article L236-11
Article L236-12
Section 2: Demergers
Subsection 1: Division of commercial companies
Article L236-18
Article L236-19
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies
Article L236-20
Article L236-21
Article L236-22
Article L236-23
Article L236-24
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets
Article L236-27
Article L236-28
Article L236-29
Article L236-30
Section 4: Cross-border transactions
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers
Article L236-31
Article L236-32
Article L236-33
Article L236-34
Article L236-35
Subsection 2: Cross-border demergers
Article L236-46
Article L236-47
Subsection 3: Cross-border partial transfer of assets
Article L236-48
Article L236-49
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing
Article L236-50
Article L236-51
Article L236-52
Article L236-53
Chapter VII: Liquidation
Section 1: General provisions
Article L237-1
Article L237-2
Article L237-3
Article L237-4
Article L237-5
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order
Article L237-14
Article L237-15
Article L237-16
Article L237-17
Article L237-18
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform
Article L238-1
Article L238-2
Article L238-3
Article L238-3-1
Article L238-4
Chapter IX: Leasing of shares
Article L239-1
Article L239-2
Article L239-3
Article L239-4
Article L239-5
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company
Section 1: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of shares or securities giving access to the majority of the capital in companies which are not obliged to set up a works council.
Article L23-10-1
Article L23-10-2
Article L23-10-3
Article L23-10-4
Article L23-10-5
Section 2: Information for employees enabling them to make a bid in the event of the sale of shares or securities giving access to the majority of the capital, in companies subject to the obligation to set up a works council
Article L23-10-7
Article L23-10-8
Article L23-10-9
Article L23-10-10
Article L23-10-11
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees
Article L23-11-1
Article L23-11-2
Article L23-11-3
Article L23-11-4
Chapter XII: Gender diversity in the management bodies of commercial companies
Article L23-12-1
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.
Chapter I: Offences concerning limited liability companies
Article L241-2
Article L241-3
Article L241-4
Article L241-5
Article L241-9
Chapter II: Offences concerning public limited companies
Section 1: Offences relating to the constitution
Article L242-1
Article L242-2
Article L242-3
Article L242-5
Section 2: Offences relating to management and administration
Article L242-6
Article L242-8
Section 3: Offences relating to shareholders' meetings
Article L242-9
Article L242-10
Section 4: Offences relating to changes in share capital
Subsection 1: Capital increases
Article L242-17
Article L242-20
Article L242-21
Subsection 3: Capital reduction
Article L242-23
Article L242-24
Section 6: Offences relating to dissolution
Section 7: Offences relating to public limited companies with a management board and a supervisory board
Article L242-30
Section 8: Offences relating to public limited companies with worker participation
Chapter III: Offences concerning partnerships limited by shares
Article L243-1
Chapter IV: Offences concerning simplified joint stock companies
Article L244-1
Article L244-2
Article L244-4
Chapter IVa: Offences concerning European companies
Article L244-5
Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies
Section 1: Offences relating to shares.
Article L245-4
Section 3: Offences relating to obligations
Article L245-9
Article L245-11
Article L245-12
Article L245-13
Article L245-15
Section 4: Common provisions
Article L245-16
Section 5: Offences relating to public limited companies with a management board and a supervisory board
Article L245-17
Chapter VI: Offences common to the various forms of joint stock company
Article L246-2
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial company
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies
Article L247-1
Article L247-2
Article L247-3
Section 2: Advertising offences
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation
Article L247-5
Article L247-7
Article L247-8
Section 4: Offences relating to public limited companies with a management board and a supervisory board
Article L247-9
Chapter VIII: Provisions concerning the deputy chief executive officers of sociétés anonymes or sociétés européennes.
Article L248-1
Chapter IX: Additional penalties applicable to natural persons
Article L249-1
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.
Article L251-1
Article L251-2
Article L251-3
Article L251-4
Article L251-5
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.
Article L252-1
Article L252-2
Article L252-3
Article L252-4
Article L252-5
Chapter III: Provisions common to French economic interest groupings and European economic interest groupings
Article L253-1
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.
Article L310-1
Article L310-2
Article L310-3
Article L310-4
Article L310-5
TITLE II: Public auction sales.
Article L320-1
Article L320-2
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.
Section 1: General provisions.
Article L321-1
Article L321-2
Article L321-3
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction
Article L321-4
Article L321-4-1
Article L321-5
Article L321-6
Article L321-7
Subsection 2: The Council of auction houses
Article L321-18
Article L321-19
Article L321-20
Article L321-21
Article L321-22
Subsection 3: Discipline
Article L321-23
Article L321-23-1
Article L321-23-2
Article L321-23-3
Section 2: Freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article L321-24
Article L321-25
Article L321-26
Article L321-27
Article L321-28
Section 2a: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article L321-28-1
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction
Article L321-29
Article L321-30
Article L321-31
Article L321-32
Article L321-33
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article L321-36
Article L321-37
Article L321-38
Chapter II: Other auctions.
Article L322-1
Article L322-2
Article L322-3
Article L322-4
Article L322-5
TITLE III: Exclusivity clauses.
Article L330-1
Article L330-2
Article L330-3
TITLE IV: Commercial distribution networks
Article L341-1
Article L341-2
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.
TITLE I: General provisions.
Article L410-1
Article L410-2
Article L410-3
Article L410-4
Article L410-5
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.
Article L420-1
Article L420-2
Article L420-2-1
Article L420-2-2
Article L420-3
TITLE III: Economic concentration.
Article L430-1
Article L430-2
Article L430-3
Article L430-4
Article L430-5
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices
Article L440-1
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations
Section 1: General terms and conditions of sale
Article L441-1
Article L441-1-1
Article L441-1-2
Article L441-2
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship
Subsection 1: Written agreements
Article L441-3
Article L441-3-1
Article L441-4
Article L441-5
Article L441-6
Subsection 2: Renegotiation clause
Article L441-8
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms
Subsection 1: Billing
Article L441-9
Subsection 2: Payment terms
Article L441-10
Article L441-11
Article L441-12
Article L441-13
Article L441-14
Section 4: Logistical penalties
Article L441-17
Article L441-18
Article L441-19
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices
Article L442-1
Article L442-2
Article L442-3
Article L442-4
Article L442-5
Section 2: Other prohibited practices
Article L442-9
Article L442-10
Article L442-11
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs
Article L443-1
Article L443-2
Article L443-3
Article L443-4
Article L443-5
Chapter IV: General provisions
Article L444-1 A
TITLE IVa: Certain regulated tariffs
Article L444-1
Article L444-2
Article L444-3
Article L444-4
Article L444-5
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.
Article L450-1
Article L450-2
Article L450-2-1
Article L450-3
Article L450-3-1
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.
Chapter I: Organisation.
Article L461-1
Article L461-2
Article L461-3
Article L461-4
Article L461-5
Chapter II: Responsibilities.
Article L462-1
Article L462-2
Article L462-2-1
Article L462-3
Article L462-4
Chapter III: Procedure.
Article L463-1
Article L463-2
Article L463-3
Article L463-4
Article L463-5
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.
Article L464-1
Article L464-2
Article L464-3
Article L464-4
Article L464-5-1
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties
Article L470-1
Article L470-2
TITLE VIII: Actions for damages arising from anti-competitive practices
Chapter I: Liability
Section 1: Conditions of liability
Article L481-1
Article L481-2
Article L481-3
Article L481-4
Article L481-5
Section 2: Effects of liability
Subsection 1: Compensation for loss
Article L481-8
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability of those responsible
Article L481-9
Article L481-10
Article L481-11
Article L481-12
Paragraph 2: The impact of transactions
Article L481-13
Article L481-14
Chapter II: Limitation periods
Article L482-1
Chapter III: Communication and production of documents
Section 1: General provisions
Article L483-1
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority
Article L483-4
Article L483-5
Article L483-6
Article L483-7
Article L483-8
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions
Article L490-1
Article L490-2
Article L490-3
Article L490-4
Article L490-5
BOOK V: Commercial paper and guarantees.
TITLE I: Commercial paper.
Chapter I: Bills of exchange
Section 1: Creation and form of the bill of exchange.
Article L511-1
Article L511-2
Article L511-3
Article L511-4
Article L511-5
Section 2: Provisions.
Article L511-7
Section 3: Endorsement.
Article L511-8
Article L511-9
Article L511-10
Article L511-11
Article L511-12
Section 4: Acceptance.
Article L511-15
Article L511-16
Article L511-17
Article L511-18
Article L511-19
Section 5: Downstream.
Article L511-21
Section 6: Due date.
Article L511-22
Article L511-23
Article L511-24
Article L511-25
Section 7: Payment.
Article L511-26
Article L511-27
Article L511-28
Article L511-29
Article L511-30
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.
Article L511-38
Article L511-39
Article L511-40
Article L511-41
Article L511-42
Section 9: Protests
Subsection 1: Forms
Article L511-52
Article L511-53
Article L511-54
Article L511-55
Subsection 2: Advertising.
Article L511-56
Article L511-57
Article L511-58
Article L511-59
Article L511-60
Subsection 3: Extension of time limits.
Article L511-61
Section 10: Spare parts.
Article L511-62
Article L511-63
Article L511-64
Section 11: Intervention.
Article L511-65
Subsection 1: Acceptance by intervention.
Article L511-66
Subsection 2: Payment by intervention.
Article L511-67
Article L511-68
Article L511-69
Article L511-70
Article L511-71
Section 12: Multiple copies.
Subsection 1: Multiple copies.
Article L511-72
Article L511-73
Article L511-74
Subsection 2: Copies.
Article L511-75
Article L511-76
Section 13: Alterations.
Article L511-77
Section 14: Limitation period.
Article L511-78
Section 15: General provisions.
Article L511-79
Article L511-80
Article L511-81
Chapter II: Promissory notes.
Article L512-1
Article L512-2
Article L512-3
Article L512-4
Article L512-5
TITLE II: Guarantees.
Chapter II: General shops
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.
Article L522-1
Article L522-2
Article L522-3
Article L522-4
Article L522-5
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.
Article L522-14
Article L522-15
Article L522-16
Article L522-17
Article L522-18
Section 3: Operation and control.
Article L522-20
Article L522-21
Article L522-22
Article L522-23
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts
Article L522-24
Article L522-25
Article L522-26
Article L522-27
Article L522-28
Subsection 1: Receipts and warrants
Subsection 2: Storage receipts
Article L522-37-1
Article L522-37-2
Article L522-37-3
Article L522-37-4
Section 5: Penalties.
Article L522-38
Article L522-39
Article L522-40
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence
Article L526-1
Article L526-2
Article L526-3
Article L526-4
Article L526-5
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability
Article L526-6
Article L526-7
Article L526-8
Article L526-8-1
Article L526-9
Section 3: The status of the sole trader
Article L526-22
Article L526-23
Article L526-24
Article L526-25
Article L526-26
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader
Article L526-27
Article L526-28
Article L526-29
Article L526-30
Article L526-31
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.
Article L610-1
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures
Article L611-1
Article L611-2
Article L611-2-1
Article L611-2-2
Article L611-3
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities engaged in economic activity
Article L612-1
Article L612-2
Article L612-3
Article L612-4
Article L612-5
TITLE II: Safeguards.
Article L620-1
Article L620-2
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.
Article L621-1
Article L621-2
Article L621-3
Article L621-4
Article L621-4-1
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.
Article L622-1
Article L622-3
Article L622-4
Article L622-5
Article L622-6
Chapter III: Preparation of the economic, social and environmental report.
Article L623-1
Article L623-2
Article L623-3
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.
Article L624-1
Article L624-2
Article L624-3
Article L624-3-1
Article L624-4
Section 2: Spouse's rights.
Article L624-5
Article L624-7
Article L624-8
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.
Article L624-9
Article L624-10
Article L624-10-1
Article L624-11
Article L624-12
Section 4: Special provisions for debtors with several assets and liabilities
Article L624-19
Section 5: Special provisions for companies
Article L624-20
Section 6: Certain prior claims owed to agricultural producers
Article L624-21
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.
Section 1: Verification of claims.
Article L625-1
Article L625-2
Article L625-3
Article L625-4
Article L625-5
Section 2: Employee privileges.
Article L625-7
Article L625-8
Section 3: Guarantee of payment of claims arising from the employment contract.
Article L625-9
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.
Article L626-1
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.
Article L626-2
Article L626-2-1
Article L626-3
Article L626-5
Article L626-6
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.
Article L626-9
Article L626-10
Article L626-11
Article L626-12
Article L626-13
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.
Article L626-29
Article L626-30
Article L626-30-1
Article L626-30-2
Article L626-31
Chapter VII: Special provisions in the absence of a court-appointed administrator.
Article L627-1
Article L627-2
Article L627-3
Article L627-4
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings
Article L628-1
Article L628-2
Article L628-3
Article L628-4
Article L628-5
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures
Article L628-6
Article L628-7
Article L628-8
TITLE III: Receivership.
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.
Article L631-1
Article L631-2
Article L631-3
Article L631-3-1
Article L631-4
Chapter II: Invalidity of certain acts.
Article L632-1
Article L632-2
Article L632-3
Article L632-4
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.
Article L640-1
Article L640-2
Article L640-3
Article L640-3-1
Article L640-4
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.
Article L641-1
Article L641-1-1
Article L641-1-2
Article L641-2
Article L641-3
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.
Section 1: Transfer of the business.
Article L642-1
Article L642-2
Article L642-3
Article L642-4
Article L642-4-1
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.
Article L642-18
Article L642-19
Article L642-19-1
Article L642-20
Article L642-20-1
Section 3: Common provisions.
Article L642-22
Article L642-22-1
Article L642-23
Article L642-24
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.
Section 1: Settlement of certain claims.
Article L643-1
Article L643-2
Article L643-3
Article L643-4
Article L643-5
Section 2: Ranking of claims
Article L643-7-1
Article L643-8
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings
Article L643-9
Article L643-10
Article L643-11
Article L643-12
Article L643-13
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.
Article L644-1
Article L644-1-1
Article L644-2
Article L644-3
Article L644-4
Chapter V: Professional recovery
Article L645-1
Article L645-2
Article L645-3
Article L645-4
Article L645-5
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.
Article L650-1
Chapter I: Liability for insufficient assets.
Article L651-1
Article L651-2
Article L651-3
Article L651-4
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.
Article L653-1
Article L653-2
Article L653-3
Article L653-4
Article L653-5
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.
Section 1: Bankruptcy.
Article L654-1
Article L654-2
Article L654-3
Article L654-4
Article L654-5
Section 2: Other offences.
Article L654-8
Article L654-9
Article L654-10
Article L654-11
Article L654-12
Section 3: Rules of procedure.
Article L654-16
Article L654-17
Article L654-18
Article L654-19
Article L654-20
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.
Article L661-1
Article L661-2
Article L661-3
Article L661-4
Article L661-6
Chapter II: Other provisions.
Article L662-1
Article L662-2
Article L662-3
Article L662-4
Article L662-5
Chapter III: Costs of proceedings.
Article L663-1
Article L663-1-1
Article L663-2
Article L663-3
Article L663-3-1
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.
Article L670-1
Article L670-1-1
Article L670-2
Article L670-3
Article L670-4
TITLE VIII: Provisions specific to sole traders with limited liability.
Article L680-1
Article L680-2
Article L680-3
Article L680-4
Article L680-5
TITLE VIII A: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V
Article L681-1
Article L681-2
Article L681-3
Article L681-4
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings
Article L690-1
Chapter I: Main insolvency proceedings
Article L691-1
Article L691-2
Article L691-3
Article L691-4
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings
Article L692-1
Article L692-2
Article L692-3
Article L692-4
Article L692-5
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings
Article L692-7
Article L692-8
Article L692-9
Subsection 2: Redundancies in the absence of secondary proceedings
Article L692-10
Article L692-11
Chapter III: Information for foreign creditors and declaration of claims
Article L693-1
Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States
Section 1: Suspension of the realisation of assets in insolvency proceedings opened against a member of a corporate group
Article L694-1
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure
Article L694-2
Article L694-3
Article L694-4
Article L694-5
Article L694-6
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts
Article L695-1
Article L695-2
Article L695-3
Article L695-4
Article L695-5
Chapter VI: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions
Article L696-1
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Article L710-1
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Section 1: The regional and departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France
Article L711-1
Article L711-1-1
Article L711-2
Article L711-3
Article L711-4
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry
Article L711-6
Article L711-7
Article L711-8
Article L711-9
Article L711-10
Section 3: The Paris - Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Article L711-11
Article L711-12
Article L711-13
Article L711-14
Section 4: CCI France
Article L711-15
Article L711-16
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry
Article L711-17
Article L711-18
Article L711-19
Article L711-20
Article L711-21
Section 6: Local chambers of commerce and industry of regional chambers of commerce and industry
Article L711-22
Article L711-23
Article L711-24
Article L711-25
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry
Article L712-1
Article L712-2
Article L712-6
Article L712-7
Article L712-8
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry
Article L713-1
Article L713-2
Article L713-3
Article L713-4
Article L713-5
Section 3
Article L713-11
Article L713-12
Article L713-13
Article L713-14
Article L713-15
TITLE II: The Commercial Court.
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.
Article L721-1
Article L721-2
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts
Article L721-3
Article L721-3-1
Article L721-4
Article L721-5
Article L721-6
Section 2: Jurisdiction specific to certain commercial courts
Article L721-8
Chapter II: Organisation and operation.
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the Commercial Court.
Article L722-1
Article L722-2
Article L722-3
Article L722-3-1
Article L722-4
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges
Subsection 1: Mandate
Article L722-6
Article L722-6-1
Article L722-6-2
Article L722-6-3
Article L722-7
Subsection 2: Training obligation
Article L722-17
Subsection 3: Professional ethics
Article L722-18
Article L722-19
Article L722-20
Article L722-21
Chapter III: Election of Commercial Court Judges.
Section 1: Electorate.
Article L723-1
Article L723-2
Article L723-3
Section 2: Eligibility.
Article L723-4
Article L723-7
Section 3: Voting and electoral operations.
Article L723-9
Article L723-10
Article L723-11
Article L723-12
Article L723-13
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.
Article L724-1
Article L724-1-1
Article L724-2
Article L724-3
Article L724-3-1
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.
Article L731-1
Article L731-2
Article L731-3
Article L731-4
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions.
Article L732-1
Article L732-2
Article L732-3
Article L732-4
Article L732-5
TITLE IV: The Commercial Court Registry.
Chapter I: The institution and its missions.
Article L741-1
Article L741-2
Chapter II: Conditions of access to the profession and to other judicial and legal professions.
Article L742-1
Article L742-2
Chapter III: Conditions of practice.
Section 1: Inspection
Article L743-1
Article L743-11
Section 2: Types of practice.
Article L743-12
Article L743-12-1
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.
Article L743-13
Section 4: Accounting.
Article L743-14
Section 5: Continuing vocational training
Article L743-15
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions
TITLE V: Commercial development.
Article L750-1
Article L750-1-1
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions.
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.
Article L751-1
Article L751-2
Article L751-3
Article L751-4
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.
Article L751-5
Article L751-6
Article L751-7
Article L751-8
Section 3: Monitoring commercial development.
Article L751-9
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.
Article L752-1
Article L752-1-1
Article L752-1-2
Article L752-2
Article L752-3
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.
Article L752-6
Article L752-6-1
Article L752-12
Article L752-14
Article L752-15
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.
Article L752-17
Article L752-19
Article L752-20
Article L752-21
Article L752-22
Section 4: Control by the Autorité de la concurrence in the event of a dominant position
Article L752-27
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.
Chapter I: Markets of national interest
Article L761-1
Article L761-2
Article L761-3
Article L761-4
Article L761-5
Chapter II: Commercial events.
Article L762-1
Article L762-2
Article L762-3
BOOK VIII: Some regulated professions.
TITLE I: Court-appointed administrators, court-appointed agents and business diagnostics experts.
Chapter I: Judicial Administrators.
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.
Subsection 1: Missions.
Article L811-1
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.
Article L811-2
Article L811-3
Article L811-5
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.
Article L811-6
Article L811-7
Article L811-7-1-A
Article L811-7-1
Article L811-8
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.
Article L811-10
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.
Article L811-11
Article L811-11-1
Article L811-11-2
Article L811-11-3
Subsection 2: Discipline.
Article L811-12 A
Article L811-12
Article L811-13
Article L811-14
Article L811-15
Chapter II: Judicial representatives.
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.
Subsection 1: Missions.
Article L812-1
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.
Article L812-2
Article L812-2-1
Article L812-3
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.
Article L812-4
Article L812-5
Article L812-5-1-A
Article L812-5-1
Article L812-6
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.
Article L812-8
Article L812-8-1
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.
Article L812-9
Article L812-10
Chapter III: Company diagnostic experts.
Article L813-1
Chapter IV: Common provisions.
Section 1: The Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires and representation of the profession in dealings with public authorities.
Subsection 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission.
Article L814-1
Article L814-1-1
Subsection 2: Representation of the professions vis-à-vis the public authorities.
Article L814-2
Section 2: Guarantee of the representation of funds, professional civil liability and remuneration.
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.
Article L814-3
Article L814-4
Article L814-5
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article L814-8
Article L814-9
Article L814-10
Article L814-10-1
Article L814-10-2
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.
Preliminary chapter: General provisions.
Article L820-1
Article L820-1-1
Article L820-2
Article L820-3
Article L820-3-1
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.
Section 1: Organisation of the profession
Article L821-1
Article L821-2
Article L821-3
Article L821-3-1
Article L821-3-3
Section 2: Control of the profession
Article L821-9
Article L821-10
Article L821-12
Article L821-12-1
Article L821-12-2
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.
Section 1: Registration
Article L822-1
Article L822-1-1
Article L822-1-2
Article L822-1-3
Article L822-1-4
Section 2: Ethics and independence of statutory auditors.
Article L822-9
Article L822-10
Article L822-11
Article L822-11-1
Article L822-11-2
Section 3: Civil liability.
Article L822-17
Article L822-18
Article L822-19
Chapter III: Statutory audit.
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and removal of statutory auditors.
Article L823-1
Article L823-2
Article L823-2-1
Article L823-2-2
Article L823-3
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.
Article L823-9
Article L823-10
Article L823-10-1
Article L823-11
Article L823-12
Section 3: Terms and conditions of engagement.
Article L823-12-1
Article L823-12-2
Article L823-13
Article L823-14
Article L823-15
Section 4: The specialised committee
Article L823-19
Article L823-20
Article L823-21
Chapter IV: Penalties
Section 1: The nature of breaches and penalties
Article L824-1
Article L824-2
Article L824-3
Section 2: Procedure
Article L824-4
Article L824-5
Article L824-6
Article L824-7
Article L824-8
Section 3: Decisions and appeals
Article L824-12
Article L824-13
Article L824-14
Section 4: Cooperation on sanctions
Article L824-15
Article L824-16
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.
TITLE I A: Observatory of prices, margins and incomes in overseas France
Article L910-1 A
Article L910-1 B
Article L910-1 C
Article L910-1 D
Article L910-1 E
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
Article L910-1
Article L910-2
Article L910-3
Article L910-4
Article L910-5
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article L911-2
Article L911-2-1
Article L911-3
Article L911-4
Article L911-5
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article L912-1
Article L912-1-1
Article L912-2
Article L912-3
Article L912-4
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article L913-1
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article L914-1
Article L914-2
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Article L915-1
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article L916-1
Article L916-2
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article L917-1
Article L917-1-1
Article L917-1-2
Article L917-2
Article L917-3
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.
Article L920-1
Article L920-1-1
Article L920-2
Article L920-4
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article L921-2
Article L921-3
Article L921-3-1
Article L921-4
Article L921-6
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article L922-1
Article L922-4
Article L922-7
Article L922-8
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article L923-2
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article L924-3
Article L924-4
Article L924-5
Article L924-6
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Article L925-1
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article L926-4
Article L926-6
Article L926-7
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article L927-1
Article L927-2
Article L927-3
Article L927-4
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.
Article L930-1
Article L930-2
Article L930-3
Article L930-4
Article L930-5
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article L931-1
Article L931-1-1
Article L931-1-2
Article L931-2
Article L931-3
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article L932-6
Article L932-7
Article L932-8
Article L932-10
Article L932-11
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article L933-1
Article L933-2
Article L933-3
Article L933-4
Article L933-5
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article L934-1
Article L934-2
Article L934-3
Article L934-4
Article L934-5
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Article L935-1
Article L935-2
Article L935-3
Article L935-4
Article L935-5
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article L936-1
Article L936-2
Article L936-3
Article L936-4
Article L936-6
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article L937-1
Article L937-2
Article L937-3
Article L937-3-1
Article L937-4
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
Article L938-1
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.
Article L940-1
Article L940-2
Article L940-3
Article L940-4
Article L940-5
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article L941-1
Article L941-2
Article L941-3
Article L941-4
Article L941-5
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article L942-1
Article L942-2
Article L942-3
Article L942-4
Article L942-5
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article L943-1
Article L943-2
Article L943-3
Article L943-4
Article L943-5
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article L941-2-1
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Article L945-1
Article L945-2
Article L945-3
Article L945-4
Article L945-5
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article L946-1
Article L946-2
Article L946-3
Article L946-4
Article L946-5
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article L947-1
Article L947-2
Article L947-3
Article L947-3-1
Article L947-4
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Article L950-1
Article L950-1-1
Article L950-2
Article L950-3
Article L950-4
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article L951-1-1
Article L951-1-2
Article L951-2
Article L951-3
Article L951-4
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article L952-1
Article L952-2
Article L952-4
Article L952-5
Article L952-6
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article L953-1
Article L953-2
Article L953-3
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article L954-1
Article L954-1-1
Article L954-2
Article L954-2-1
Article L954-3
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Article L955-1
Article L955-2
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article L956-1
Article L956-2
Article L956-3
Article L956-4
Article L956-5
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article L957-1
Article L957-2
Article L957-3
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII
Article L958-2
TITLE VI: Miscellaneous provisions applicable to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.
Article L960-1
Article L960-2
Article L960-3
Article L960-4
Regulatory part
BOOK I: Commerce in general.
TITLE I: Commercial transactions.
TITLE II: Traders.
Chapter I: Definition and status.
Article R121-1
Article R121-2
Article R121-5
Article R121-6
Section 1: Trader status
Section 2: The spouse of the company director or the partner bound to the company director by a civil solidarity pact working in the family business
Chapter II: Foreign traders.
Chapter III: General obligations of traders
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France
Article R123-1
Article R123-2
Article R123-3
Article R123-4
Article R123-5
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers
Article R123-30-1
Article R123-30-2
Article R123-30-6
Article R123-30-7
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to the electronic recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions
Article R123-30-8
Article R123-30-9
Article R123-30-10
Article R123-30-11
Article R123-30-12
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register
Subsection 1: Persons required to register
Paragraph 1: Obligation to register.
Article R123-31
Sub-paragraph 1: Compulsory registration of natural persons.
Article R123-32
Article R123-33
Article R123-34
Sub-paragraph 2: Obligation to register legal entities.
Article R123-35
Article R123-36
Paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by persons required to register
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.
Article R123-37
Article R123-38
Article R123-39
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.
Article R123-40
Article R123-41
Article R123-42
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.
Article R123-43
Article R123-44
Article R123-45
Article R123-46
Article R123-47
Sub-subparagraph 4: Declaration for the purpose of cancellation.
Article R123-51
Article R123-52
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.
Article R123-53
Article R123-54
Article R123-55
Article R123-56
Article R123-57
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.
Article R123-63
Article R123-64
Article R123-65
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.
Article R123-66
Article R123-67
Article R123-68
Article R123-69
Article R123-70
Sub-subparagraph 4: Declarations for the purposes of deregistration.
Article R123-75
Sub-paragraph 5: Language of declarations.
Article R123-75-1
Sub-paragraph 3: Declarations incumbent on the commercial representations or agencies of foreign States, local authorities or public establishments.
Article R123-76
Sub-paragraph 4: Common provisions.
Article R123-77
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration
Paragraph 1: General provisions.
Article R123-79
Article R123-82
Article R123-83
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.
Article R123-84
Article R123-84-1
Article R123-85
Article R123-86
Article R123-87
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.
Article R123-92
Article R123-94
Article R123-95
Article R123-95-1
Article R123-96
Paragraph 3: Filings appended to the register
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.
Article R123-102
Sub-sub-paragraph 1: Filing of instruments of incorporation.
Article R123-103
Article R123-104
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.
Article R123-105
Article R123-106
Article R123-107
Article R123-108
Article R123-109
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents, declaration of confidentiality and declaration of simplified publication of annual accounts.
Article R123-111
Article R123-111-1
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad
Sub-subparagraph 1: Companies opening a first establishment in France.
Article R123-112
Article R123-113
Article R123-114
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: European companies.
Article R123-118
Article R123-119
Article R123-120
Sub-paragraph 4: Language of filings.
Article R123-120-1
Sub-paragraph 3: Common provisions.
Article R123-121
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons
Sub-sub-paragraph 1: Information to be provided to the spouse with joint property.
Article R123-121-1
Sub-subparagraph 2: Sole traders with limited liability.
Article R123-121-2
Article R123-121-3
Article R123-121-4
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.
Article R123-122
Article R123-123
Article R123-124
Article R123-125
Article R123-125-1
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.
Article R123-127
Article R123-128
Article R123-129
Article R123-130
Article R123-131
Paragraph 5: Disputes.
Article R123-139
Article R123-140
Article R123-141
Article R123-142
Article R123-143
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.
Article R123-150
Article R123-151
Article R123-152
Article R123-152-1
Article R123-152-2
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.
Article R123-155
Article R123-156
Article R123-157
Article R123-158
Article R123-159
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article R123-163
Article R123-164
Article R123-165
Article R123-166
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.
Article R123-166-1
Article R123-166-2
Article R123-166-3
Article R123-166-4
Article R123-166-5
Subsection 4: Publication of notices relating to the European Company
Article R123-171-1
Section 2: Merchant accounting
Subsection 1: Accounting requirements applicable to all traders
Paragraph 1: Compulsory books, documents and accounting vouchers.
Article R123-172
Article R123-173
Article R123-174
Article R123-175
Article R123-176
Paragraph 2: Methods of evaluating the figures.
Article R123-178
Paragraph 3: Depreciation, amortisation and provisions.
Article R123-179
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.
Article R123-180
Sub-paragraph 1: Balance sheet.
Article R123-181
Article R123-182
Article R123-184
Article R123-185
Article R123-186
Sub-paragraph 2: The profit and loss account.
Article R123-192
Article R123-193
Article R123-194
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.
Article R123-195
Article R123-197-1
Article R123-199
Article R123-199-1
Paragraph 5: Simplified accounting presentation.
Article D123-200
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.
Article R123-203
Article R123-204
Article D123-205-1
Article R123-207
Article R123-208
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.
Article R123-208-1
Article R123-208-2
Article R123-208-3
Article R123-208-4
Article R123-208-5
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions
Subsection 1: The Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.
Article R123-209
Article R123-210
Article R123-211
Article R123-212
Article R123-213
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.
Article R123-220
Article R123-220-1
Article R123-221
Article R123-222
Article R123-222-1
Subsection 3: Unique company identification number.
Article D123-235
Article D123-236
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.
Article R123-237
Article R123-238
Section 4: The National Register of Companies
Subsection 1: Companies required to be registered in the National Register of Companies
Paragraph 1: Registration, amendment, deletion and filing requirements
Article R123-239
Article R123-240
Article R123-241
Article R123-242
Paragraph 2: Declarations entered and filings attached in the National Register of Companies
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations and filings concerning natural persons
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes
Article R123-243
Article R123-244
Article R123-245
Article R123-246
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending or cancelling registration
Article R123-247
Article R123-248
Article R123-249
Article R123-250
Sub-subparagraph 3: Filings attached to the National Register of Companies
Article R123-251
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes
Article R123-252
Article R123-253
Article R123-254
Article R123-255
Article R123-256
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending registration or cancellation
Article R123-263
Article R123-264
Article R123-265
Sub-subparagraph 3: Filings attached to the National Register of Companies
Article R123-266
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the National Register of Companies and checks carried out by certain authorities
Paragraph 1: Common provisions
Article R123-267
Article R123-268
Article R123-269
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters
Article R123-270
Article R123-271
Article R123-272
Article R123-273
Article R123-274
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts
Article R123-276
Article R123-277
Article R123-278
Article R123-279
Article R123-280
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)
Article R123-284
Article R123-285
Article R123-286
Article R123-287
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies
Paragraph 1: The form of declarations and filings and their processing by the keeper of the National Register of Companies
Article R123-288
Article R123-289
Article R123-290
Article R123-291
Article R123-292
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations
Article R123-294
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio
Article R123-295
Article R123-296
Article R123-297
Article R123-298
Article R123-299
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs
Article R123-312
Article R123-313
Article R123-314
Article R123-315
Article R123-316
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register
Article R123-318
Article R123-319
Article R123-320
Subsection 4: General provisions
Article D123-321
Article R123-322
Article R123-323
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.
Article R124-1
Chapter V: Collective shops for independent traders.
Chapter VI: Mutual guarantee companies.
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.
Article R127-1
Article R127-2
Article R127-3
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets
Article R128-1
Article R128-2
Article R128-3
Article R128-4
Article R128-5
Chapter IX: Tutoring in companies.
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.
Chapter I: Brokers.
Section 1: Registration of sworn freight brokers on the list of the Court of Appeal
Article R131-1
Article R131-2
Article R131-3
Article R131-4
Article R131-5
Section 2: Insurance and bonding of sworn commodity brokers
Article R131-7
Article R131-8
Article R131-9
Article R131-10
Article R131-11
Section 3: Examination to qualify as a sworn goods broker
Article D131-14
Article R131-15
Article R131-16
Article R131-17
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers
Article R131-18
Article R131-19
Article R131-20
Article R131-21
Article R131-22
Section 5: The National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers
Article R131-24
Article R131-25
Article R131-26
Article R131-27
Article R131-28
Chapter II: Commission agents.
Article R132-1
Chapter III: Carriers.
Article R133-1
Article R133-2
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.
Article R134-1
Article R134-2
Article R134-3
Article R134-4
Article R134-5
TITLE IV: The business.
Chapter I: Sale of a business.
Article R141-1
Article R141-1-1
Article R141-2
Article D141-3
Article D141-4
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.
Chapter III: Provisions common to the sale and pledging of a business.
Section 1: Realisation of the pledge and purging of registered claims.
Article R143-1
Article R143-2
Article R143-3
Article R143-4
Article R143-5
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.
Subsection 1: Registration.
Article R143-10
Subsection 2: Deregistration.
Article R143-18
Subsection 3: Special provisions.
Article R143-22
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.
Article R143-23
Chapter IV: Management leases.
Section 1: Advertising measures.
Article R144-1
Section 2: Specific provisions for public transport companies and commercial vehicle hire companies.
Article D144-2
Article D144-3
Article D144-4
Article D144-5
Chapter V: Commercial leases.
Section 1: Renewal.
Article R145-1
Section 2: Rent.
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.
Article R145-2
Article R145-3
Article R145-4
Article R145-5
Article R145-6
Sub-section 2 : The departmental conciliation committee for leases of commercial, industrial or craft buildings or premises.
Article D145-12
Article D145-13
Article D145-14
Article D145-15
Article D145-16
Subsection 3: Rent reviews.
Article R145-20
Article R145-21
Article R145-22
Section 3: Procedure.
Article R145-23
Article R145-24
Article R145-25
Article R145-26
Article R145-27
Section 4: Environmental appendix
Article D145-34
Section 5: Rental charges, taxes, fees and works
Article R145-35
Article R145-36
Article R145-37
Section 6: Provisions relating to the use of registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt
Article R145-38
Chapter VI: Managing agents.
Article D146-1
Article D146-2
TITLE V: Protection of business secrecy
Chapter I: Purpose and conditions of protection
Chapter II: Actions to prevent, cease or remedy a breach of business secrecy
Article R152-1
Chapter III: General measures for the protection of business secrecy before civil or commercial courts
Section 1: Judicial administration of evidence
Subsection 1: Provisional sequestration
Article R153-1
Subsection 2: Procedure applicable to requests for disclosure or production of documents
Article R153-2
Article R153-3
Article R153-4
Article R153-5
Article R153-6
Section 2: The judgment
Article R153-10
BOOK II: Commercial companies and economic interest groupings.
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.
Sub-section 1: Formation of the company.
Article R210-1
Article R210-2
Article R210-3
Article R210-4
Article R210-5
Subsection 2: Amendments to the Articles of Association.
Article R210-9
Article R210-10
Article R210-11
Subsection 3: Action for regularisation.
Article R210-12
Article R210-13
Section 2: Dissolution of the company.
Article R210-14
Article R210-15
Section 3: Publication formalities.
Article R210-16
Article R210-17
Article R210-18
Article R210-19
Article R210-21
Section 4: Headcount
Article D210-21
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.
Chapter I: General partnerships.
Article R221-1
Article R221-2
Article R221-3
Article R221-4
Article D221-5
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.
Article R222-1
Article R222-2
Article R222-3
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.
Article R223-1
Article D223-2
Article R223-3
Article R223-4
Article R223-5
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.
Article R224-1
Article R224-2
Article R224-3
Chapter V: Public limited companies.
Section 1 : Formation of sociétés anonymes.
Subsection 2: Formation without a public offer or with a public offer referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code
Article R225-13
Article R225-14
Article R225-14-1
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article R225-15
Article R225-16
Article R225-17
Article R225-18
Article R225-19
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees
Article R225-34-2
Article R225-34-3
Article R225-34-4
Article R225-34-5
Article R225-34-6
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.
Article R225-35
Article R225-36
Article R225-37
Article R225-38
Article R225-39
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.
Article R225-61
Article R225-61-1
Article R225-61-2
Article R225-61-3
Article R225-62
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.
Subsection 1: Capital increases.
Article R225-113
Article R225-114
Article R225-115
Article R225-116
Article R225-117
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.
Article R225-137
Article R225-139
Article R225-140
Article R225-141
Article R225-142
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.
Article R225-146
Article R225-147
Article R225-148
Article R225-149
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.
Article R225-150
Article R225-151
Article R225-152
Article R225-153
Article R225-154
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.
Article R225-159
Article R225-160
Article R225-160-1
Article R225-160-2
Article R225-160-3
Section 5: Control of sociétés anonymes.
Subsection 1: Control procedures
Article R225-161
Article R225-162
Article R225-163
Article R225-164
Subsection 2: Compulsory inspection
Article D225-164-1
Section 6 : Conversion of sociétés anonymes.
Article R225-165
Section 7 : Dissolution of sociétés anonymes.
Article R225-166
Article R225-166-1
Section 8: Civil liability.
Article R225-167
Article R225-168
Article R225-169
Article R225-170
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.
Article R225-171
Article R225-172
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.
Article R226-1
Article R226-2
Article R226-3
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.
Article R227-1-1
Article D227-1
Article R227-2
Article D227-3
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.
Section 1: Common provisions.
Article R228-1
Article R228-2
Article R228-3
Article R228-4
Article R228-5
Section 2: Shares.
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.
Article R228-15
Article R228-16
Article R228-17
Article R228-18
Article R228-19
Sub-section 2: Approval clauses for the sale of equity securities or securities giving access to the capital.
Article R228-23
Subsection 3: Shareholder default.
Article R228-24
Article R228-25
Article R228-26
Subsection 4: Reverse split of shares not admitted to trading on a regulated market.
Article R228-27
Article R228-28
Article R228-29
Article R228-30
Article R228-31
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries
Article R228-32-1
Article R228-32-2
Article R228-32-3
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.
Subsection 1: Investment certificates.
Article R228-33
Article R228-34
Article R228-35
Article R228-36
Article R228-37
Subsection 2: Non-voting preference shares.
Article R228-40
Article R228-41
Article R228-42
Article R228-43
Article R228-44
Section 4: Equity securities.
Article R228-49
Article R228-50
Article R228-51
Article R228-52
Article R228-53
Section 5: Obligations.
Article R228-60
Article R228-61
Article R228-62
Article R228-63
Article R228-64
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.
Article R228-87
Article R228-88
Article R228-89
Article R228-90
Article R228-91
Chapter IX: The European Company.
Section 1: General provisions.
Article R229-1
Article R229-2
Section 2: Transfer of the registered office.
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.
Article R229-3
Article R229-4
Article R229-5
Article R229-6
Article R229-7
Sub-section 2: Control of the legality of the transfer of the registered office.
Article R229-12
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.
Subsection 1: Formation by merger.
Article D229-13
Article D229-13-1
Article D229-13-2
Article R229-14
Subsection 2: Formation of a European holding company.
Article R229-15
Article R229-16
Article R229-17
Article R229-18
Article R229-19
Subsection 3: Formation by conversion of a société anonyme.
Article R229-20
Article R229-21
Article R229-22
Section 4: Administration of the société européenne.
Article R229-23
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.
Article R229-24
Article R229-25
Article R229-26
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility
Section 1: Publication formalities
Article R22-10-1
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies
Subsection 1: Constitution
Article R22-10-2
Article R22-10-3
Article R22-10-4
Article R22-10-5
Article R22-10-6
Subsection 2: Management and administration
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management
Article R22-10-14
Article R22-10-15
Article D22-10-16
Article R22-10-17
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board
Article R22-10-18
Article R22-10-19
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings
Article R22-10-20
Article R22-10-21
Article R22-10-22
Article R22-10-23
Article R22-10-24
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership
Paragraph 1: Capital increases
Article R22-10-31
Article R22-10-32
Article R22-10-33
Article R22-10-34
Article R22-10-35
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees
Article R22-10-37
Paragraph 3: Reduction of capital
Article R22-10-38
Article R22-10-39
Section 3: Provisions specific to sociétés en commandite par actions (partnerships limited by shares)
Article R22-10-40
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.
Chapter I: Variable capital.
Chapter II: Company accounts.
Section 1: Accounting documents.
Article R232-1
Article R232-2
Article R232-3
Article R232-4
Article R232-5
Section 2: Special provisions for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and certain of their subsidiaries.
Article R232-11
Article R232-13
Section 3: Profits.
Article R232-17
Article R232-18
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.
Article R232-19
Article R232-19-1
Article R232-20
Article R232-20-1
Article R232-21
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.
Section 1: Notifications and information.
Article R233-1
Article R233-1-1
Article R233-2
Section 2: Consolidated accounts.
Article R233-3
Article R233-4
Article R233-5
Article R233-6
Article R233-7
Section 3: Reciprocal participations.
Article R233-17
Article R233-18
Article R233-19
Chapter IV: Alert procedure.
Article R234-1
Article R234-2
Article R234-3
Article R234-4
Article R234-5
Chapter V: Invalidity.
Article R235-1
Article R235-2
Article R235-3
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets
Section 1: Merger
Article R236-1
Article R236-2
Article R236-3
Article R236-4
Article R236-5
Section 2: Demergers
Article R236-17
Article R236-18
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets
Article R236-19
Section 4: Cross-border transactions
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers
Article R236-20
Article R236-21
Article R236-22
Article R236-23
Article R236-24
Subsection 2: Cross-border demergers
Article R236-35
Article R236-36
Subsection 3: Cross-border partial transfer of assets
Article R236-37
Article R236-38
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing
Article R236-39
Article R236-40
Chapter VII: Liquidation.
Section 1: General provisions.
Article R237-1
Article R237-2
Article R237-3
Article R237-4
Article R237-5
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.
Article R237-10
Article R237-11
Article R237-12
Article R237-13
Article R237-14
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform.
Chapter IX: Leasing of shares.
Article R239-1
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company
Article D23-10-1
Article D23-10-2
Article D23-10-3
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.
Chapter I: Offences concerning limited liability companies.
Chapter II: Offences concerning public limited companies.
Chapter III: Offences relating to partnerships limited by shares.
Chapter IV: Offences concerning simplified joint stock companies.
Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies.
Chapter VI: Offences common to the various forms of joint stock company.
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.
Article R247-1
Article R247-2
Article R247-3
Article R247-4
Chapter VIII: Provisions concerning the deputy chief executive officers of sociétés anonymes or sociétés européennes.
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.
Article R251-1
Article R251-2
Article R251-3
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.
Article R252-1
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.
Section 1: Liquidation.
Article R310-2
Article R310-3
Article R310-4
Article R310-5
Article R310-6
Section 2: Unpacking sales.
Article R310-8
Article R310-9
Section 3: Sales.
Article R310-16
Article R310-17
Section 4: Sales in shops or factory depots.
Article R310-18
Section 5: Penalties.
Article R310-19
TITLE II: Public auction sales.
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.
Section 1: General provisions.
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.
Paragraph 1: Declaration
Article R321-1
Article R321-2
Article R321-3
Article R321-4
Paragraph 2: Insurance and surety bonds.
Article R321-10
Article R321-11
Article R321-12
Article R321-13
Article R321-14
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.
Article R321-18
Article R321-19
Article R321-18-1
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.
Article R321-20
Article R321-21
Article R321-22
Article R321-23
Article R321-24
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.
Article R321-26
Article R321-27
Article R321-28
Article R321-29
Article R321-30
Paragraph 3a: Continuing vocational training
Article R321-31-1
Article R321-31-2
Article R321-31-3
Paragraph 4: Information and publicity measures.
Article R321-32
Article R321-33
Article R321-34
Article R321-35
Article R321-35-1
Subsection 2: The Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques.
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation
Article R321-36
Article R321-36-1
Article R321-36-2
Article R321-36-3
Article R321-36-4
Paragraph 2: Discipline.
Sub-paragraph 1: Handling complaints
Article R321-45
Article R321-45-1
Article R321-45-2
Article R321-45-3
Sub-paragraph 2: Precautionary measures
Article R321-46
Article R321-47
Article R321-48
Sub-paragraph 3: Disciplinary proceedings
Article R321-49
Article R321-49-1
Article R321-49-2
Article R321-49-3
Article R321-49-4
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen
Article R321-50
Article R321-51
Article R321-52
Article R321-53
Article R321-54
Section 2: The freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article R321-56
Article R321-57
Article R321-58
Article R321-59
Article R321-60
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of furniture by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article R321-65
Article R321-66
Article R321-67
Section 4: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article R321-68
Article R321-69
Article R321-70
Article R321-71
Article R321-72
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article R321-74
Chapter II: Other auctions.
Article R322-1
Article R322-2
Article R322-3
Article R322-4
Article R322-5
TITLE III: Exclusivity clauses.
Article R330-1
Article R330-2
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.
TITLE I: General provisions.
Article R410-1
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.
Article R420-1
Article R420-2
Article R420-3
Article R420-4
Article R420-5
TITLE III: Economic concentration.
Article R430-2
Article R430-3
Article R430-4
Article R430-5
Article R430-6
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices
Article D440-1
Article D440-2
Article D440-3
Article D440-4
Article D440-5
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.
Section 1: General terms and conditions of sale
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship
Article D441-1
Article D441-2
Article D441-3-1
Article D441-4
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms
Article D441-5
Article D441-6
Article R441-7
Article R441-8
Article R441-9
Chapter II: Unfair commercial practices between companies.
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices
Article R442-1
Article D442-2
Article D442-3
Section 2: Other prohibited practices
Article R442-4
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs
Article D443-2
Article D443-3
Article D443-4
TITLE IV A: Certain regulated tariffs
Section 1: Setting tariffs
Article R444-1
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article R444-2
Article R444-3
Subsection 2: Method for setting tariffs
Article R444-4
Article R444-5
Article R444-6
Article R444-7
Subsection 3: Pricing structure and conditions
Article R444-8
Article R444-9
Article R444-10
Article R444-10-1
Article R444-11
Subsection 4: Rights and obligations of professionals
Article R444-13
Article R444-14
Article R444-15
Article R444-16
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information
Article R444-17
Article R444-18
Article R444-19
Article R444-20
Article R444-21
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice
Subsection 1: Interprofessional redistribution
Article R444-22
Paragraph 1: Installation aid
Article R444-23
Article R444-24
Paragraph 2: Maintenance aid
Article R444-25
Paragraph 3: Common provisions
Article R444-26
Article R444-27
Article R444-28
Article R444-29
Article R444-30
Subsection 2: Société de gestion du fonds interprofessionnel de l'accès au droit et à la justice (Management company for the inter-professional fund for access to law and justice)
Article R444-36
Article R444-37
Article R444-38
Article R444-39
Article R444-40
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers
Subsection 1: Judicial auctioneers
Article R444-42
Article R444-43
Article R444-44
Article R444-45
Article R444-46
Subsection 2: Bailiffs
Article R444-49
Article R444-50
Article R444-51
Article R444-52
Article R444-53
Subsection 3: Notaries
Article R444-59
Article R444-60
Article R444-61
Article R444-62
Article R444-63
Subsection 4: Lawyers
Article R444-71
Article R444-72
Article R444-73
Article R444-74
Article R444-75
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.
Article R450-1
Article R450-2
Article R450-2-1
Article R450-2-2
Article R450-2-3
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.
Chapter I: Organisation.
Article R461-1
Article R461-2
Article R461-3
Article R461-4
Article R461-5
Chapter II: Responsibilities.
Article R462-1
Article R462-2
Article R462-3
Article R462-4
Article R462-5
Chapter III: Procedure.
Section 1: Referral.
Article R463-1
Article R463-2
Section 2: Investigation.
Article R463-3
Article R463-4
Article R463-5
Article R463-6
Article R463-7
Section 3: Notification of grievances and report.
Article R463-11
Article R463-12
Section 4: Business secrecy.
Article R463-13
Article R463-14
Article R463-15
Article R463-15-1
Section 5: Expertise.
Article R463-16
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.
Section 1: Decisions.
Article R464-1
Article R464-2
Article R464-3
Article R464-4
Article R464-5
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.
Article R464-10
Article R464-11
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.
Article R464-12
Article R464-13
Article R464-14
Article R464-15
Article R464-15-1
Sub-section 2: Appeals provided for in article L. 464-7.
Article R464-20
Article R464-21
Subsection 3: Applications for a stay of execution.
Article R464-22
Article R464-23
Article R464-24
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority
Article R464-24-1
Article R464-24-2
Article R464-24-3
Article R464-24-4
Article R464-24-5
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority
Article R464-24-9
Article R464-24-10
Article R464-24-11
Article R464-24-12
Article R464-24-13
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications
Article R464-25
Article R464-25-1
Article R464-26
Article R464-27
Article R464-28
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties
Article R470-1
Article R470-2
TITLE VIII: Actions for damages arising from anti-competitive practices
Chapter I: Liability
Section 1: Conditions of liability
Section 2: Effects of liability
Article R481-1
Chapter II: Limitation periods
Chapter III: Communication and production of documents
Section 1: General provisions
Article R483-1
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority
Article R483-11
Article R483-12
Article R483-13
Section 4: Penalties
Article R483-14
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions
Article R490-1
Article R490-2
Article R490-3
Article R490-5
Article R490-6
BOOK V: Commercial paper and guarantees.
TITLE I: Commercial paper.
Chapter I: Bills of exchange.
Section 1: Payment.
Article R511-1
Section 2: Protests.
Article R511-2
Article R511-3
Article R511-4
Article R511-5
Article R511-6
Chapter II: Promissory notes.
Article R512-1
TITLE II: Guarantees.
Chapter I: Register of security interests and other related transactions
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register
Article R521-1
Article R521-2
Article R521-3
Article R521-4
Section 2: Formalities
Subsection 1: Initial registrations
Article R521-5
Article R521-6
Article R521-7
Article R521-8
Article R521-9
Subsection 2: Amending entries
Article R521-13
Article R521-14
Article R521-15
Article R521-16
Article R521-17
Subsection 3: Deregistration
Article R521-19
Article R521-20
Article R521-21
Article R521-22
Article R521-23
Section 3: Duties of the Registrar and appeals
Article R521-26
Article R521-27
Section 5: Consultation of registered information
Article R521-29
Article R521-30
Article R521-31
Article R521-32
Article R521-33
Chapter II: General shops.
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.
Article R522-1
Article R522-2
Article R522-3
Article R522-6
Article R522-8
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.
Article R522-13
Article R522-14
Article R522-15
Section 3: Operation and control.
Article R522-16
Article R522-17
Article R522-18
Article R522-19
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts
Subsection 1: Receipts and warrants
Article R522-20
Article R522-21
Article R522-22
Article R522-23
Article R522-24
Subsection 2: Storage receipts
Paragraph 1: Operation of the warehouse receipts register
Article R522-24-1
Article R522-24-2
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt
Article R522-24-3
Article R522-24-4
Article R522-24-5
Article R522-24-6
Article R522-24-7
Section 5: Penalties.
Article R522-25
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders
Section 1: Unseizability.
Article R526-1
Article R526-2
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.
Subsection 1: Common provisions.
Article R526-3
Article R526-3-1
Article R526-4
Article R526-7
Article R526-10-1
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.
Article R526-15
Article R526-16
Article R526-17
Article R526-18
Article R526-19
Section 3: The status of the sole trader
Article R526-26
Article R526-27
Article D526-28
Article D526-29
Article D526-30
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.
Article R600-1
Article R600-2
Article R600-3
Article R600-4
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.
Section 1: Approved prevention groups.
Article D611-1
Article D611-2
Article D611-3
Article D611-4
Article D611-5
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court
Article R611-10
Article R611-10-1
Article R611-11
Article R611-12
Article R611-13
Section 3: Ad hoc mandate.
Article R611-18
Article R611-19
Article R611-20
Article R611-21
Article R611-21-1
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.
Article R611-22
Article R611-23
Article R611-23-1
Article R611-24
Article R611-25
Section 5: Remuneration of the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the implementation of the agreement and the expert.
Article R611-47
Article R611-47-1
Article R611-48
Article R611-49
Article R611-50
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity.
Article R612-1
Article R612-2
Article R612-3
Article R612-4
Article D612-5
TITLE II: Safeguards.
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.
Article R621-1
Article R621-2
Article R621-2-1
Article R621-3
Article R621-4
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.
Article R621-17
Article R621-18
Article R621-19
Article R621-20
Article R621-21
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.
Article R622-1
Section 1: Conservatory measures.
Article R622-2
Article R622-3
Article R622-4
Article R622-4-1
Article R622-5
Section 2: Company management.
Article R622-6
Article R622-7
Article R622-8
Section 3: Continuation of the business.
Article R622-9
Article R622-10
Article R622-11
Article R622-12
Article R622-13
Section 4: Declaration of claims.
Article R622-21
Article R622-22
Article R622-23
Article R622-24
Article R622-25
Chapter III: Preparation of the economic, social and environmental report.
Article R623-1
Article R623-2
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.
Subsection 1: Verification of claims.
Article R624-1
Article R624-2
Subsection 2: Admission of claims.
Article R624-3
Article R624-4
Article R624-5
Article R624-6
Article R624-7
Subsection 3: Statement of claims.
Article R624-8
Article R624-9
Article R624-10
Article R624-11
Section 2: Spouse's rights.
Article R624-12
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.
Article R624-13
Article R624-13-1
Article R624-14
Article R624-15
Article R624-16
Section 4: Special provisions for companies
Article R624-17
Article R624-18
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.
Article R625-1
Article R625-2
Article R625-3
Article R625-4
Article R625-5
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.
Subsection 1: Convening of General Meetings.
Article R626-1
Article R626-2
Article R626-3
Subsection 3: Consultation with creditors.
Article R626-7
Article R626-8
Subsection 4: Settlement of public claims.
Article D626-9
Article D626-10
Article D626-11
Article D626-12
Article D626-13
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.
Article R626-17
Article R626-18
Article R626-19
Article R626-20
Article R626-21
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.
Article R626-23
Article R626-24
Article R626-25
Article R626-26
Article R626-27
Section 3: Classes of affected parts
Article R626-52
Article R626-53
Article R626-54
Article R626-55
Article R626-56
Chapter VII: Special provisions in the absence of a receiver.
Article R627-1
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings
Article R628-1
Article R628-2
Article R628-4
Article R628-5
Article R628-6
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures
Article R628-8
Article R628-9
Article R628-10
Article R628-11
Article R628-12
TITLE III: Receivership.
Chapter I: Commencement and conduct of the proceedings.
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.
Article R631-1
Article R631-2
Article R631-3
Article R631-4
Article R631-5
Subsection 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.
Article R631-16
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure
Sub-section 1: Modification of the administrator's mission.
Article R631-17
Subsection 2: Conservatory measures during the observation period.
Article R631-18
Subsection 3: Management of the business during the observation period.
Article R631-19
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.
Article R631-20
Article R631-21
Article R631-22
Article R631-23
Article R631-24
Subsection 5: The situation of employees during the observation period.
Article R631-26
Subsection 6: Declaration of claims.
Article R631-27
Subsection 7: Preparation of the economic, social and environmental plan.
Article R631-28
Subsection 8: Verification and admission of claims.
Article R631-29
Sub-section 9: Rights of the debtor's spouse.
Article R631-30
Sub-section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.
Article R631-31
Subsection 11: Settlement of claims arising from a contract of employment.
Article R631-32
Article R631-33
Subsection 12: The draft plan.
Article R631-34
Article R631-34-1
Article R631-34-2
Article R631-34-3
Article R631-34-4
Sub-section 13: Judgment adopting the plan.
Article R631-35
Article R631-36
Subsection 14: Creditors' committees.
Article R631-37
Sub-section 15: Special provisions in the absence of a receiver.
Article R631-38
Subsection 16: Partial or total transfer of the business.
Article R631-39
Article R631-40
Article R631-42
Subsection 17: Closure of the proceedings.
Article R631-43
Chapter II: Invalidity of certain acts.
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.
Preliminary chapter: Commencement and conduct of judicial liquidation.
Article R640-1
Article R640-1-1
Article R640-2
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.
Article R641-1
Article R641-2
Article R641-3
Article R641-4
Article R641-5
Section 2: Conditions of application of simplified judicial liquidation.
Article D641-10
Section 3: Procedural bodies and supervisors.
Article R641-11
Article R641-12
Article R641-13
Section 4: Conservatory measures.
Article R641-14
Article R641-15
Article R641-16
Article R641-17
Section 5: Maintaining the business.
Article R641-18
Article R641-19
Article R641-20
Article R641-21
Article R641-22
Section 6: Interrupted proceedings and pending order proceedings.
Article R641-23
Article R641-24
Section 7: Declaration of claims.
Article R641-25
Article R641-26
Section 8: Verification and admission of claims.
Article R641-27
Article R641-28
Article R641-29
Section 9: Rights of the debtor's spouse.
Article R641-30
Section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.
Article R641-31
Article R641-32
Article R641-32-1
Section 11: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.
Article R641-33
Article R641-34
Section 12: Miscellaneous provisions.
Article R641-35
Article R641-36
Article R641-37
Article R641-38
Article R641-39
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.
Section 1: Transfer of the business.
Article R642-1
Article R642-2
Article R642-3
Article R642-4
Article R642-5
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to sales by judicial tender and by amicable tender.
Article R642-22
Article R642-23
Article R642-24
Article R642-25
Article R642-26
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for sales by judicial auction.
Article R642-27
Article R642-28
Article R642-29
Article R642-29-1
Article R642-29-2
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for sale by auction.
Article R642-30
Article R642-31
Article R642-32
Article R642-33
Article R642-34
Paragraph 4: Special provisions for sales by mutual agreement.
Article R642-36
Paragraph 5: Provisions common to all sales.
Article R642-36-1
Article R642-37
Article R642-37-1
Subsection 2: Sale of other property.
Article R642-37-2
Article R642-37-3
Article R642-38
Article R642-39
Section 3: Common provisions.
Article R642-40
Article R642-41
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.
Article R643-1
Article R643-2
Article R643-3
Article R643-4
Article R643-5
Section 2: Closure of the judicial liquidation.
Article R643-16
Article R643-17
Article R643-18
Article R643-19
Article R643-20
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.
Article R644-1
Article R644-2
Article R644-3
Article R644-4
Chapter V: Professional recovery
Article R645-1
Article R645-2
Article R645-3
Article R645-4
Article R645-5
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.
Chapter I: Liability for insufficient assets.
Article R651-1
Article R651-2
Article R651-3
Article R651-4
Article R651-5
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.
Article R653-1
Article R653-2
Article R653-3
Article R653-4
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.
Article R654-1
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.
Article R661-1
Article R661-2
Article R661-3
Article R661-4
Article R661-5
Chapter II: Other provisions.
Article R662-1
Article R662-1-1
Article R662-1-2
Article R662-2
Article R662-3
Chapter III: Costs of proceedings.
Article R663-1
Article R663-1-1
Section 1: Payment of certain legal costs by the Treasury.
Article R663-2
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator.
Article R663-3
Article R663-4
Article R663-5
Article R663-6
Article R663-7
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.
Article R663-14
Article R663-15
Article R663-15-1
Article R663-16
Article R663-17
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.
Article R663-18
Article R663-19
Article R663-20
Article R663-21
Article R663-22
Sub-section 4: Provisions common to the remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.
Article R663-32
Article R663-33
Article R663-34
Article R663-35
Article R663-36
Subsection 5: The agent appointed pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 643-9
Article R663-40-1
Article R663-40-2
Article R663-40-3
Article R663-40-4
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.
Article R663-41
Article R663-42
Article R663-43
Article R663-44
Article R663-45
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.
Article R670-1
Article R670-2
Article R670-3
Article R670-4
Article R670-5
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V
Article R681-1
Article R681-2
Article R681-3
Article R681-4
Article R681-5
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings
Article R690-1
Chapter I: Main insolvency proceedings
Article R691-1
Article R691-2
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings
Article R692-1
Article R692-2
Article R692-3
Article R692-4
Article R692-5
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings
Article R692-7
Article R692-8
Article R692-9
Subsection 2: Redundancies in the absence of secondary proceedings
Article R692-10
Chapter III: Information for foreign creditors and declaration of claims
Article R693-1
Article R693-2
Article R693-3
Article R693-4
Chapter IV: Insolvency proceedings concerning members of a group of companies established in several Member States
Section 1: Suspension of the realisation of assets in insolvency proceedings opened against a member of a corporate group
Article R694-1
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure
Article R694-2
Article R694-3
Article R694-4
Article R694-5
Article R694-6
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts
Article R695-1
Article R695-2
Article R695-3
Article R695-4
Chapter VI: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region
Subsection 1: General provisions.
Article R711-1
Article R711-2
Article R711-2-1
Article R711-3
Article R711-4
Subsection 2: Operation.
Article R711-12
Article R711-13
Article R711-14
Article R711-15
Article R711-16
Subsection 3: Delegation of territorial chambers of commerce and industry
Article R711-18
Article R711-19
Article R711-20
Article R711-21
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.
Article R711-22
Article R711-23
Article R711-24
Article R711-25
Article R711-26
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry
Article R711-32
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction.
Article R711-33
Article R711-34
Article R711-34-1
Subsection 2: Master plans, sector plans and regional plans for the organisation of missions
Article R711-35
Article R711-36
Article R711-37
Article R711-38
Article D711-41
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.
Article R711-47
Article R711-47-2
Article R711-48
Article R711-49
Article R711-50
Section 3: CCI France.
Article R711-55
Article R711-55-1
Article R711-55-2
Article R711-55-3
Article R711-57
Section 4: Common provisions.
Article D711-67
Article D711-67-1
Article D711-67-4
Article D711-67-5
Article D711-67-6
Section 5: Consular higher education establishments
Subsection 1: Election of staff representatives to the administrative or supervisory board of a consular higher education establishment
Article R711-76
Article R711-77
Article R711-78
Subsection 2: Agreements signed in application of the provisions of article L. 711-19
Article R711-79
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.
Article R712-1
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.
Article R712-2
Article R712-3
Article R712-4
Article R712-4-1
Article R712-5
Section 1a: Personnel management
Article D712-11-1
Article D712-11-2
Article R712-11-3
Section 2: Budgetary rules.
Subsection 1: Common provisions.
Article R712-12
Article R712-13
Article R712-14
Article D712-14-1
Article D712-14-2
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to regional chambers of commerce and industry
Article R712-21
Article R712-22-1
Article R712-22-2
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to interconsular groups.
Article R712-24
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to CCI France.
Article D712-25
Article R712-25-1
Article R712-26
Article R712-26-1
Section 2: Budgetary rules (in force until 1 July 2007)
Subsection 1: Common provisions.
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.
Article R712-27
Article R712-28
Article R712-29
Article R712-30
Article R712-31
Section 4: Facilities and services managed by the network's establishments under public service delegations.
Article R712-35
Article R712-36
Article R712-37
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry
Section 2: Election of consular delegates
Subsection 1: General provisions.
Article R713-31
Article R713-32
Article R713-33
Article R713-34
Article R713-35
Subsection 2: Drawing up electoral rolls.
Article R713-37
Article R713-38
Article R713-39
Article R713-40
Article R713-41
Subsection 3: Nominations.
Article R713-42
Article R713-43
Article R713-44
Article R713-45
Article R713-46
Subsection 4: Postal voting.
Article R713-49
Article R713-50
Article R713-51
Article R713-52
Article R713-53
Subsection 5: Electronic voting.
Article R713-54
Article R713-55
Article R713-56
Article R713-57
Article R713-58
Subsection 6: Announcement of results and disputes.
Article R713-59
Article R713-60
Article R713-61
Article R713-62
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.
Article R713-1
Article R713-1-1
Article R713-1-2
Article R713-2
Article R713-3
Section 2: Nominations.
Article R713-7
Article R713-8
Article R713-9
Article R713-10
Article R713-11
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot.
Article R713-13
Article R713-14
Section 4: Postal voting.
Article R713-16
Article R713-17
Article R713-18
Article R713-19
Article R713-20
Section 5: Electronic voting.
Article R713-21
Article R713-22
Article R713-23
Article R713-24
Article R713-25
Section 6: Announcement of results and election disputes.
Article R713-27
Article R713-27-1
Article R713-27-2
Article R713-28
Article R713-29
Section 7: Economic weighting studies
Article R713-65
Article R713-66
Article R713-67
TITLE II: The Commercial Court.
Chapter I: Establishment and powers
Section 1: General provisions.
Article R721-1
Article D721-2
Article D721-3
Article R721-4
Section 2: Jurisdiction.
Article R721-5
Article R721-6
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Courts.
Article R721-7
Article R721-8
Article R721-9
Article R721-10
Article R721-11
Section 4: Seat and jurisdiction of certain specialised commercial courts
Article D721-19
Article D721-19-1
Section 5: Ethical bodies for commercial court judges
Article R721-20
Article R721-21
Article R721-22
Chapter II: Organisation and operation
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the Commercial Court.
Article R722-1
Article R722-2
Article R722-3
Article R722-4
Article R722-5
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges
Subsection 1: Mandate
Article R722-7
Article R722-8
Article R722-9
Article R722-10
Article R722-11
Subsection 2: Ethics
Article R722-22
Article R722-23
Article R722-24
Article R722-25
Article R722-26
Subsection 3: Training obligation
Paragraph 1: Initial training
Article D722-28
Article D722-29
Article D722-30
Article D722-31
Article D722-32
Paragraph 2: Continuing training
Article D722-33
Article D722-34
Paragraph 3: Common provisions
Article D722-35
Subsection 4: Functional protection
Article R722-36
Article R722-37
Article R722-38
Article R722-39
Article R722-40
Chapter III: Election of commercial court judges
Section 1: Electorate.
Article R723-1
Article R723-2
Article R723-3
Article R723-4
Section 2: Voting and electoral operations.
Article R723-5
Subsection 1: Candidatures and pre-election procedures.
Article R723-6
Article R723-7
Article R723-8
Subsection 2: Postal voting.
Article R723-9
Article R723-10
Article R723-11
Article R723-12
Article R723-13
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.
Article R723-16
Article R723-17
Article R723-18
Article R723-19
Article R723-20
Subsection 4: Announcement of results and disputes relating to the election of consular judges.
Article R723-22
Article R723-23
Article R723-24
Article R723-25
Article R723-26
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.
Article R724-1
Article R724-2
Article R724-3
Article R724-4
Article R724-5
Section 2: Disciplinary proceedings.
Article R724-11
Article R724-12
Article R724-13
Article R724-14
Article R724-15
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.
Article D731-1
Article D731-2
Article D731-3
Article R731-4
Article R731-5
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions.
Article D732-1
Article D732-2
Article R732-3
Article R732-4
Article R732-5
TITLE IV: The Commercial Court Registry.
Chapter I: The institution and its missions
Section 1: General provisions.
Article R741-1
Article R741-2
Article R741-3
Article R741-5
Article R741-6
Section 2: Changes to the jurisdiction of commercial courts.
Article R741-7
Article R741-8
Article R741-9
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.
Article R741-10
Article R741-11
Article R741-12
Article R741-13
Article R741-14
Chapter II: Conditions for admission to the profession and to other judicial and legal professions
Section 1: Conditions for admission to the profession of commercial court clerk
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions
Paragraph 1: General conditions.
Article R742-1
Article R742-2
Article R742-3
Article R742-4
Article R742-6
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk
Article R742-6-1
Article R742-6-2
Paragraph 2: Training period.
Article R742-7
Article R742-8
Article R742-9
Article R742-10
Article R742-11
Paragraph 3: The list of suitable candidates
Article R742-16
Article R742-17
Article R742-17-1
Subsection 2: Appointment.
Article R742-18
Paragraph 1: Appointment to new or vacant offices
Article R742-19
Article R742-21
Article R742-22
Article R742-23
Article R742-24
Paragraph 2: Appointment in the event of compulsory retirement
Article R742-25
Article R742-26
Article R742-27
Paragraph 3: Appointment on presentation
Article R742-27-1
Article R742-27-2
Article R742-28
Paragraph 4: Multi-title and ancillary offices
Article R742-29
Article R742-30
Subsection 3: Entry into office, age limit and honorary membership
Article R742-31
Article R742-31-1
Article R742-32
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.
Article R742-33
Article R742-34
Article R742-35
Article R742-36
Article R742-37
Section 3: Continuing vocational training for commercial court registrars
Article R742-39
Article R742-40
Chapter III: Conditions of practice
Section 1: Inspection and discipline
Subsection 1: Inspection.
Article R743-1
Article R743-2
Article R743-3
Article R743-4
Subsection 2: Discipline.
Paragraph 1: Disciplinary investigations.
Paragraph 2: Proceedings before the disciplinary panel of the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce.
Paragraph 3: Proceedings before the Disciplinary Court.
Paragraph 4: Provisional administration.
Paragraph 5: Provisional suspension.
Paragraph 6: Remedies.
Section 2: Types of practice
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.
Article R743-29
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.
Article R743-30
Article R743-31
Article R743-32
Article R743-33
Article R743-34
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.
Article R743-43
Article R743-43-1
Article R743-44
Article R743-45
Article R743-46
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.
Article R743-50
Article R743-51
Article R743-52
Article R743-53
Article R743-54
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.
Article R743-63
Article R743-64
Article R743-65
Article R743-66
Article R743-67
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.
Article R743-81
Article R743-82
Article R743-83
Article R743-83-1
Article R743-84
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.
Article R743-90
Article R743-91
Article R743-92
Article R743-93
Article R743-94
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.
Article R743-111
Article R743-112
Article R743-113
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company.
Article R743-114
Article R743-115
Article R743-116
Article R743-117
Article R743-118
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.
Article R743-120
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.
Article R743-121
Article R743-122
Article R743-123
Article R743-124
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.
Article R743-125
Article R743-126
Article R743-127
Article R743-128
Article R743-129
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.
Article R743-133
Article R743-134
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to partnerships of commercial court registrars.
Article R743-135
Article R743-136
Article R743-137
Article R743-138
Article R743-139
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article R743-139-1
Article R743-139-2
Article R743-139-3
Article R743-139-4
Article R743-139-5
Paragraph 2: Appointment of salaried commercial court clerks
Article R743-139-7
Article R743-139-8
Article R743-139-9
Paragraph 3: Commencement of employment
Article R743-139-11
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment
Article R743-139-12
Article R743-139-13
Article R743-139-14
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract
Article R743-139-15
Article R743-139-16
Article R743-139-17
Article R743-139-18
Article R743-139-19
Section 2a: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)
Article R743-139-21
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company
Article R743-139-22
Article R743-139-23
Article R743-139-24
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company
Article R743-139-25
Article R743-139-26
Paragraph 3: Control of the company
Article R743-139-27
Article R743-139-28
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company
Article R743-139-29
Article R743-139-30
Article R743-139-31
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.
Article R743-140
Article R743-141
Article R743-142
Article R743-142-1
Article R743-142-2
Section 4: Modification of the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts and the transfer of the registry of mixed commercial courts.
Article R743-158
Article R743-159
Article R743-160
Article R743-161
Article R743-162
Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties
Article R743-178
Article R743-179
Article R743-180
Article R743-181
Article R743-182
TITLE V: Commercial development.
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.
Article R751-1
Article R751-2
Article R751-3
Article R751-4
Article R751-5
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.
Article R751-6
Article R751-7
Article R751-8
Article R751-9
Article R751-10
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation
Article R752
Article R752-1
Article R752-2
Article R752-3
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.
Article R752-4
Article R752-5
Article R752-6
Article R752-6-1
Article R752-6-2
Subsection 2: Submission of applications for planning permission equivalent to a business licence.
Article R752-9
Article R752-10
Article R752-10-1
Subsection 3: Submission of applications for commercial authorisations not requiring planning permission.
Article R752-11
Article R752-12
Subsection 4: Meetings of the departmental commercial development commission
Article R752-13
Article R752-14
Article R752-15
Article R752-16
Article R752-17
Subsection 5: The consultation procedure provided for in Article L. 752-4
Article R752-21
Article R752-22
Article R752-23
Article R752-24
Article R752-25
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2
Article R752-29-1
Article R752-29-2
Article R752-29-3
Article R752-29-4
Article R752-29-5
Section 3: Appeals against the decision or opinion of the departmental committee.
Subsection 1: The procedure provided for in I and II of Article L. 752-17
Article R752-30
Article R752-31
Article R752-32
Article R752-33
Article R752-34
Subsection 2: The procedure provided for in III to V of Article L. 752-17
Article R752-40
Article R752-41
Article R752-42
Article R752-43
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)
Article R752-43-1
Article R752-43-2
Article R752-43-3
Article R752-43-4
Article R752-43-5
Section 4: Duty to comply
Subsection 1: Conformity
Article R752-44
Article R752-44-1
Subsection 2: Authorisation
Article R752-44-2
Article R752-44-3
Article R752-44-4
Article R752-44-5
Article R752-44-6
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity
Article R752-44-8
Article R752-44-9
Article R752-44-10
Article R752-44-11
Article R752-44-12
Subsection 4: Publicity for regeneration projects
Article R752-44-14
Section 5: Control
Article R752-44-15
Article R752-44-16
Article R752-44-17
Article R752-44-18
Article R752-44-19
Section 6: Termination of commercial operation.
Article R752-45
Article R752-46
Article R752-47
Article R752-48
Article R752-49
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.
Chapter I: Markets of national interest
Section 1: General provisions.
Article R761-1
Article D761-2
Article R761-3
Article R761-4
Article R761-5
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter
Subsection 1: Reference perimeter.
Article R761-7
Article R761-8
Article R761-9
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area
Article R761-10
Article R761-11
Article R761-12
Article R761-12-1
Article R761-12-2
Section 3: General organisation of markets of national interest
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.
Article R761-13
Article R761-14
Article R761-15
Article R761-16
Article R761-17
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to national-interest markets installed on public property.
Article R761-22
Article R761-23
Article R761-24
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to markets of national interest installed on the private property of a local authority and to those installed on buildings belonging to private individuals.
Article R761-25
Article R761-26
Chapter II: Commercial events.
Article R762-1
Article R762-2
Article R762-3
Article R762-4
Article R762-5
BOOK VIII: Some regulated professions.
TITLE I: Judicial administrators, judicial representatives and business diagnostics experts.
Chapter I: Court-appointed administrators
Section 1: Admission to the profession
Subsection 1: Judicial administrators who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline (National Registration and Disciplinary Commission)
Article R811-3
Article R811-4
Article R811-5
Article R811-6
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator
Article R811-7
Article R811-8
Article R811-9
Article R811-10
Article R811-11
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5
Article R811-28-1
Article R811-28-2
Article R811-28-3
Article R811-28-4
Paragraph 3: Obtaining a speciality by a court-appointed administrator already on the list referred to in article L. 811-2
Article R811-28-5
Article R811-28-6
Article R811-28-7
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.
Article R811-29
Article R811-30
Article R811-31
Article R811-31-1
Article R811-32
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline
Subsection 1: Supervision and inspection.
Article R811-40
Article D811-40-1
Article R811-41
Article R811-42
Article R811-42-1
Subsection 2: Discipline
Paragraph 1: Disciplinary proceedings.
Article R811-43
Article R811-44
Article R811-45
Article R811-46
Article R811-47
Paragraph 2: Provisional suspension.
Article R811-50
Article R811-51
Article R811-52
Article R811-53
Article R811-54
Section 3: Appointment of a provisional administrator.
Article R811-58
Article R811-59
Section 4: Salaried employees
Subsection 1: General provisions
Article R811-60
Article R811-61
Article R811-62
Article R811-63
Subsection 2: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment
Article R811-64
Article R811-65
Article R811-66
Subsection 3: Termination of the duties of an employee court-appointed administrator in the event of termination of the employment contract
Article R811-67
Article R811-68
Chapter II: Judicial representatives
Section 1: Admission to the profession
Subsection 1: Judicial representatives who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline (National Registration and Disciplinary Commission)
Article R812-3
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative
Article R812-4
Article R812-5
Article R812-6
Article R812-7
Article R812-8
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3
Article R812-18-1
Article R812-18-2
Article R812-18-3
Article R812-18-4
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.
Article R812-19
Article R812-20
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.
Article R812-21
Article R812-21-1
Article R812-22
Article R812-22-1
Article R812-23
Section 3: Salaried employees
Article R812-24
Chapter III: Company diagnostic experts.
Chapter IV: Common provisions
Section 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission and appeals against its decisions
Article R814-1
Article R814-1-1
Article D814-1-2
Article R814-2
Article R814-2-1
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.
Article R814-3
Article D814-3-1
Article R814-3-2
Article R814-4
Article R814-5
Section 3: Guaranteed representation of funds, professional civil liability, remuneration and continuing professional training.
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.
Article R814-16
Article R814-17
Article R814-18
Article R814-19
Article R814-20
Subsection 2: Remuneration.
Article R814-27
Article R814-28
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training
Article R814-28-1
Article R814-28-2
Article R814-28-3
Article R814-28-4
Article R814-28-5
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.
Article R814-29
Article R814-30
Article R814-31
Article R814-32
Article R814-33
Subsection 2: Controls.
Article R814-42
Article D814-42-1
Article R814-42-2
Article R814-43
Article R814-44
Subsection 3: Honorary office, court robes and oath.
Article R814-50
Article R814-51
Article R814-52
Subsection 4: Place of practice.
Article R814-53
Article R814-54
Article R814-55
Article R814-56
Article R814-57
Subsection 5: The electronic portal
Article R814-58-1
Article R814-58-2
Article Annexe art. R814-58-2
Article D814-58-3
Article R814-58-4
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession
Article R814-59
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.
Article R814-60
Article R814-61
Article R814-62
Article R814-63
Article R814-64
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation of the company.
Article R814-72
Article R814-73
Article R814-74
Article R814-75
Article R814-77
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.
Article R814-82
Article R814-83
Article R814-84
Article R814-85
Article R814-86
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.
Article R814-96
Article R814-97
Article R814-98
Article R814-99
Article R814-100
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies
Paragraph 1: The constitution.
Article R814-109
Article R814-109-1
Article R814-110
Article R814-111
Article R814-112
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.
Article R814-118
Article R814-119
Article R814-120
Article R814-121
Article R814-122
Paragraph 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.
Article R814-142
Article R814-143
Article R814-144
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.
Article R814-145
Article R814-146
Article R814-146-1
Article R814-147
Article R814-148
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to joint ventures.
Article R814-155
Article R814-156
Article R814-157
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)
Article R814-158
Subsection 1: Formation of the company
Article R814-159
Article R814-160
Article R814-161
Article R814-162
Subsection 2: Operation and control of the company
Article R814-163
Article R814-164
Article R814-165
Article R814-166
Article R814-167
Subsection 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company
Article R814-168
Article R814-169
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.
Preliminary chapter: General provisions
Article D820-1
Article R820-1-1
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession
Section 1: Organisation of the profession
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council
Article R821-1
Article R821-2
Article R821-3
Article R821-4
Article R821-5
Paragraph 2: Members and departments of the High Council
Article R821-9
Article R821-10
Article R821-11
Article R821-12
Article R821-13
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council
Article R821-14-3
Article R821-14-4
Article R821-14-5
Article R821-14-6
Article R821-14-7
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts
Article R821-16
Article R821-17
Article R821-18
Article R821-19
Article R821-19-1
Subsection 2: Professional organisation
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies
Article R821-23
Article R821-24
Article R821-25
Article R821-26
Article R821-28
Paragraph 2: The National Council
Article R821-36
Article R821-37
Article R821-38
Article R821-39
Article R821-40
Paragraph 3: Regional councils
Article R821-51
Article R821-52
Article R821-53
Article R821-54
Article R821-55
Section 2: Control of the profession
Article R821-68
Article R821-69
Article R821-70
Article R821-71
Article R821-72
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors
Section 1: Registration
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration on the list of statutory auditors
Article R822-1
Article R822-2
Article R822-3
Article R822-4
Article R822-5
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and maintaining lists of statutory auditors
Article R822-8
Article R822-9
Article R822-10
Article R822-11
Article R822-12
Paragraph 2: The list of third-country controllers
Article R822-17
Article R822-18
Subsection 3: Appeals against registration decisions
Article R822-19
Section 2: Ethics and independence of statutory auditors.
Article R822-20
Article R822-21
Article R822-22
Article R822-23
Article R822-24
Section 2a: Organisation of professional practice
Article R822-32
Article R822-33
Article R822-34
Article R822-35
Section 3: Civil liability.
Article R822-36
Article R822-37
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies
Paragraph 1: Incorporation, registration and registration.
Article R822-38
Article R822-39
Article R822-40
Article R822-41
Article R822-42
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.
Article R822-50
Article R822-51
Article R822-52
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession by the company.
Article R822-53
Article R822-54
Article R822-55
Article R822-56
Article R822-57
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation.
Article R822-65
Article R822-66
Article R822-67
Article R822-68
Article R822-69
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies
Paragraph 1: The constitution.
Article R822-71
Article R822-72
Article R822-73
Article R822-74
Article R822-75
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.
Article R822-78
Article R822-79
Article R822-80
Article R822-81
Article R822-82
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation.
Article R822-96
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to companies other than sociétés civiles professionnelles.
Article R822-97
Article R822-98
Article R822-101
Article R822-102
Article R822-103
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to joint ventures.
Article R822-107
Article R822-108
Article R822-109
Article R822-110
Subsection 5: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes
Article R822-111
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company
Article R822-113
Article R822-114
Article R822-115
Paragraph 2: Operation and control of the company
Article R822-116
Article R822-117
Article R822-118
Article R822-119
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company
Article R822-120
Article R822-121
Article R822-122
Article R822-123
Paragraph 4: Final provisions
Article R822-124
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and dismissal of statutory auditors.
Article D823-1
Article D823-1-1
Article R823-2
Article R823-3
Article R823-4
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.
Article R823-7
Article D823-7-1
Article R823-7-2
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor
Article R823-8
Article R823-9
Article R823-10
Article R823-11
Article R823-12
Chapter IV: Penalties
Section 1: The nature of breaches and penalties
Section 2: Procedure
Article R824-1
Article R824-2
Article R824-3
Article R824-4
Article R824-5
Section 3: Decisions and appeals
Article R824-20
Article R824-21
Article R824-22
Article R824-23
Article R824-24
Section 4: Cooperation on sanctions
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.
TITLE I A: Price and income observatories.
Article D910-1 C
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Article R910-1
Article R910-2
Article R910-3
Article R910-4
Article R910-5
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article R911-1
Article R911-2
Article R911-3
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article R912-1
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article R913-1
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article R914-1
Article D914-2
Article R914-3
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article R916-1
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article R917-1
Article D917-2
Article D917-3
Article R917-4
Article R917-5
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.
Article R920-1
Article R920-2
Article R920-4
Article R920-5
Article R920-7
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article R921-1
Article R921-4
Article R921-5
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article R923-1
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article R924-1
Article D924-2
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article R926-1
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article R927-1
Article R927-1-1
Article R927-1-2
Article R927-1-3
Article R927-1-4
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.
Article R930-1
Article R930-1
Article R930-2
Article R930-3
Article R930-4
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article R931-1
Article R931-2
Article R931-4
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article R932-1
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article R933-1
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article R934-1
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article R936-1
Article R936-2
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article R937-1
Article D937-2
Article R937-3
Article R937-4
Article R937-5
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
Article R938-1
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.
Article R940-1
Article R940-1
Article R940-2
Article R940-3
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article R947-1
Article D947-2
Article R947-3
Article R947-4
Article R947-5
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Article R950-1
Article D950-1-1
Article R950-2
Article R950-3
Article R950-4
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.
Article R951-1
Article R951-4
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.
Article R952-1
Article R952-2
Article R952-3
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.
Article R953-1
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.
Article R954-1
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.
Article R955-2
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.
Article R956-1
Article R956-2
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.
Article R957-1
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII.
TITLE VI: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy.
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I
Article R961-1
Article R961-2
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II
Article R962-1
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III
Article R963-1
Article R963-2
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V
Article R965-1
Chapter VI: Provisions specific to Book VI
Article R966-1
TITLE VII: Provisions specific to Saint-Martin.
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I
Article R971-1
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III
Article R973-1
Article R973-2
Chapter VI: Provisions specific to Book VI
Article R976-1
Annexes to the regulatory part
Article Annexe 1-3
Article Annexe 1-4
Article Annexe 2-1
Article Annexe 2-2
Article Annexe 3-1
Orders section
BOOK I: Commerce in general.
TITLE I: Commercial transactions.
TITLE II: Traders.
Chapter I: Definition and status
Chapter II: Foreign traders
Chapter III: General obligations of traders
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres
Article A123-1
Article A123-2
Article A123-3
Article A123-4
Article A123-5
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register
Subsection 1: Persons required to register
Paragraph 1: Obligation to register
Paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by persons required to register
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes
Article A123-12
Article A123-13
Article A123-14
Article A123-15
Article A123-16
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business
Article A123-20
Article A123-21
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of and supplementary registrations
Article A123-22
Article A123-23
Article A123-24
Article A123-25
Article A123-26
Sub-subparagraph 4: Declarations for the purposes of deregistration
Sub-paragraph 5: Language of declarations
Sub-paragraph 3: Declarations to be made by commercial representations or agencies of foreign States, local authorities or public establishments
Sub-paragraph 4: Common provisions
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration
Paragraph 1: General provisions
Article A123-28
Article A123-29
Article A123-30
Article A123-31
Article A123-32
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration
Sub-paragraph 1: Submission of returns
Article A123-42
Article A123-43
Article A123-44
Article A123-45
Article A123-46
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.
Article A123-51
Article A123-52
Article A123-53
Article A123-54
Paragraph 3: Filings appended to the register
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory
Sub-subparagraph 1: Filing of instruments of incorporation
Article A123-55
Article A123-56
Article A123-57
Article A123-58
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds
Article A123-59
Article A123-60
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts
Article A123-61
Article A123-61-1
Article A123-62
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad
Sub-paragraph 3: Common provisions
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons
Article A123-63
Article A123-63-1
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation
Article A123-64
Paragraph 5: Disputes
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents
Article A123-65
Article A123-66
Article A123-67
Article A123-68
Article A123-68-1
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales
Article A123-74
Article A123-75
Article A123-76
Article A123-77
Article A123-78
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered legal entities
Subsection 4: Publication of notices relating to the European Company
Section 2: Merchant accounting
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities
Article A123-80-1
Article A123-80-2
Article A123-80-3
Article A123-80-4
Article A123-80-5
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions
Subsection 1: The Official Bulletin of Civil and Commercial Announcements
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments
Paragraph 1: Applications for registration and amendments
Article A123-81
Article A123-82
Article A123-83
Article A123-83-1
Paragraph 2: Registered persons
Article A123-84
Article A123-85
Article A123-86
Paragraph 3: Purposes of processing
Article A123-87
Paragraph 4: Recipients of information
Paragraph 5: Rights of registered persons and access to information
Article A123-90
Article A123-95
Article A123-96
Article A123-97
Article A123-98
Subsection 3: Unique company identification number
Subsection 4: Information on business papers
Chapter IV: Retail traders' cooperatives
Chapter V: Collective shops for independent traders
Chapter VI: Mutual guarantee companies
Chapter VII: Business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity
Chapter VIII: Incapacity to practise a commercial or industrial profession
Chapter IX: Tutoring in companies
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.
Chapter I: Brokers
Section 1: Brokers in general
Section 2: Sworn goods brokers
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in
Article A131-1
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers
Subsection 3: Discipline of sworn goods brokers
Subsection 4: The National Council of Sworn Freight Brokers
Article A131-2
Chapter II: Commission agents
Chapter III: Carriers
Chapter IV: Commercial agents
Article A134-1
Article A134-2
Article A134-3
Article A134-4
Article A134-5
TITLE IV: The business.
APPENDIX 1-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 123-45, A. 123-47, A. 123-50, A. 134-2)
Article Annexe 0
Article Annexe I
Article Annexe II
Article Annexe III
Article Annexe IV
APPENDIX 1-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 123-63 AND A. 134-2)
Article Annexe 1-2
ANNEX 1-3 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 131-1)
Article Annexe 1-3
ANNEX 1-4 (ANNEX TO ARTICLE A. 131-1)
Article Annexe 1-4
APPENDIX 1-5 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 123-61-1)
Article Annexe 1-5
APPENDIX 1-5-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 123-61-1)
Article Annexe 1-5-1
APPENDIX 1-5-2
Article Annexe 1-5-2
APPENDIX 1-6 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 123-68-1)
Article Annexe 1-6
BOOK II: Commercial companies and economic interest groupings.
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles of association
Section 2: Dissolution of the company
Section 3: Publication formalities
Article A210-1
Article A210-2
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.
Chapter I: General partnerships
Chapter II: Limited partnerships
Chapter III: Limited liability companies
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies
Chapter V: Public limited companies
Section 1: Formation of public limited companies
Section 2: Management and administration of sociétés anonymes
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings
Article A225-1
Article A225-2
Article A225-3
Article A225-4
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership
Section 5: Control of public limited companies
Section 6: Convers
