The words “company in liquidation” and the name of the liquidator(s) must appear on all deeds and documents emanating from the company and intended for third parties, in particular on all letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications.
The deed appointing the liquidators, regardless of its form, shall be published, within one month, in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements in the département of the registered office and, if the company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or if all its shares are not in registered form, in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires. It contains the following information: 1° The company’s name followed,…
During the liquidation of the company, the liquidator shall, under his responsibility, carry out the publication formalities incumbent on the company’s legal representatives. In particular, any decision resulting in a change to the information published pursuant to Article R. 237-2 shall be published under the conditions provided for by that Article.
In the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 237-5, a decision shall be made, in summary proceedings, by the president of the judicial court of the place where the property is located.
The agent provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 237-9 is appointed by the president of the commercial court, acting in summary proceedings.
In the case provided for in article L. 237-10, the liquidator shall file his accounts at the commercial court registry where any interested party may inspect them and obtain a copy at his own expense. The commercial court shall rule on these accounts and, where applicable, on the closure of the liquidation in place of the general meeting of members or shareholders.
The final accounts drawn up by the liquidator are filed with the commercial court clerk’s office as an annex to the trade and companies register. They shall be accompanied by the decision of the shareholders’ meeting ruling on these accounts, on the discharge from management and the discharge from his mandate, or, failing this, the court decision provided for in article R. 237-6.
A notice of the close of the liquidation, signed by the liquidator, is published, at the liquidator’s request, in the medium authorised to receive legal announcements that has received the publicity required by the first paragraph of Article R. 237-2 and, if the company’s shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or if all its shares are not in registered form, in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires….
The company is struck off the register of commerce and companies on proof of completion of the formalities provided for in articles R. 237-7 and R. 237-8.
The liquidation of the company under the conditions provided for in articles L. 237-15 to L. 237-31 is ordered by the President of the Commercial Court, ruling in summary proceedings, at the request of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 237-14.
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