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Article R123-221 of the French Commercial code

The identification number allocated to each legal unit is a serial number consisting of nine digits. The identification number allocated to each establishment consists of the nine digits of the identification number of the registered legal unit carrying on business there, followed by an additional five-digit identification number specific to that establishment.

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Article R123-222 of the French Commercial code

The following identification information is entered in the register: 1° For each legal unit: a) For the natural persons mentioned in article R. 123-220 : the surname and, where applicable, the used name and pseudonym, the first names, the address of the legal unit with an indication, where applicable, that it corresponds to the address of the natural person’s personal residence, the sex, nationality, date and place of birth, legal…

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Article R123-222-1 of the French Commercial code

The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies draws up a nomenclature of the legal categories of the various legal units registered within the register. This nomenclature indicates, for each legal category, whether it falls under 1° of II of Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy. The Institute ensures the dissemination of this nomenclature by means of an electronic medium, in…

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Article R123-222-2 of the French Commercial code

The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies determines whether the legal unit belongs to the social and solidarity economy pursuant to 1° of II of Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy.

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Article R123-223 of the French Commercial code

The following information is also entered in the register: 1° For each legal unit and each of its establishments, the code characterising the main activity carried out with reference to the French nomenclature of activities in force, allocated by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques; 2° For each establishment, the additional codes specifying particular forms of activity: seasonal nature, form of activity, if applicable surface area…

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Article R123-224 of the French Commercial code

Identification numbers are allocated by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques to registered legal units and their establishments: 1° Either, for companies, during the procedure for creating or changing their situations provided for in Article L. 123-33; 2° Or, for other legal units, at the request of the person concerned or the administrations and bodies whose list is drawn up by order of the minister responsible…

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Article R123-225 of the French Commercial code

The identification information mentioned in the register concerning registered legal units or their establishments is modified: 1° Either, for companies, at the time of the procedure for modifying their situations provided for in Article L. 123-33; 2° Or, for entities other than those referred to in 1°, at the request of the person concerned or the persons mentioned in 2° of Article R. 123-224, in accordance with the procedures laid…

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Article R123-226 of the French Commercial code

When the validations mentioned in sub-section 2 of section 4 of this chapter result in changes to the identification information listed in article R. 123-222, this information is sent to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1 for reconciliation of the register, unless articles R. 123-234-1 and R. 123-234-2 are applied. When a change is requested to the identification information…

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Article R123-227 of the French Commercial code

Subject to Article R. 123-228, a registered legal unit is indicated as ceased in the register in the event of dissolution if it is a legal unit mentioned in 4° to 6° of Article R. 123-220, and in the event of death, a final decision to deregister, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 613-4 of the Social Security Code, of the social security scheme to which it was affiliated…

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Article R123-228 of the French Commercial code

Unless the first two paragraphs of article L. 613-4 of the Social Security Code apply, the cessation of companies, whether natural or legal persons, subject to registration in the National Register of Companies, may only be indicated when the company has been struck off this register.

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