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Article R743-162 of the French Commercial code

Where a commercial establishment, belonging to a natural or legal person, is located in a canton, commune or section of commune transferred to another jurisdiction, the registrar of the court previously having jurisdiction shall send the registrar of the court now having jurisdiction the complete registration file relating to that establishment, provided that the registration has not been struck off before the date of the change of jurisdiction.

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Article R743-163 of the French Commercial code

If the file concerns a registration on a principal basis, the clerk of the court now having jurisdiction shall amend the entry provided for in 2° of article R. 123-237. If the file concerns a natural or legal person who already holds any of the entries provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237 at the registry of the court that now has jurisdiction, the registrar of that…

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Article R743-164 of the French Commercial code

Until the file is transferred to the clerk of the court now having jurisdiction, any amending entries that should be made to the registration are received by the clerk of the court previously having jurisdiction, who must also issue any copies or extracts of the registration in the commercial register.

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Article R743-165 of the French Commercial code

Unless there is a specific derogation provided for by the decree amending the jurisdiction of a commercial court or a judicial court ruling on commercial matters, the transfer of the files provided for in Article R. 743-162 must be carried out within three months of the date of entry into force of the decree amending the administrative or judicial district concerned. .

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Article R743-166 of the French Commercial code

Unless a specific derogation is provided for by the decree amending the jurisdiction of a commercial court, the steps required by Article R. 743-163 of the clerk of the court now having jurisdiction must be completed within six months of receipt of the documents provided for in Article R. 743-162.

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Article R743-168 of the French Commercial code

No fees are payable to court clerks for striking off, re-registration and amending entries made necessary, in respect of the register of companies and the register of commercial agents, by a change in the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts. .

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Article R743-169 of the French Commercial code

The indemnities that may be due, as a result of the changes in jurisdictions provided for in Article R. 743-158, between the clerks of the commercial courts and the former clerks of the commercial courts who have not been replaced or their successors are assessed and distributed after the end of the second calendar year following the year in which these changes occurred. The amount and distribution of these allowances…

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Article R743-171 of the French Commercial code

To determine the amount of compensation, the Minister of Justice will assess the value of the office by taking into account the average net revenue over the last five known financial years preceding the filing of the application for compensation and the average operating balance of the office over the same period. Net revenue is equal to the revenue collected by the office, as used to calculate the taxation of…

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Article R743-172 of the French Commercial code

Where the activities of a closed registry are taken over by several registries, the cost of the compensation, the amount of which is determined under the conditions laid down in Article R. 743-171, is divided between them on the basis of the benefit resulting for each of them from the closure, taking into account in particular the average number of registrations in the Trade and Companies Register and changes made…

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