The law deems acts of commerce: 1° Any purchase of movable property for the purpose of reselling it, either in kind or after having worked on it and put it to use; 2° Any purchase of immovable property for the purpose of reselling it, unless the purchaser has acted with a view to erecting one or more buildings and selling them en bloc or by premises ; 3° All intermediary…
The law similarly deems acts of commerce:
With regard to traders, commercial acts may be proved by any means unless otherwise provided by law.
I.-Obligations arising in the course of their trade between traders or between traders and non-traders are prescribed by five years if they are not subject to special shorter prescriptions. II.-All actions for payment shall be time-barred: 1° For food supplied to the sailors by order of the master, one year after delivery; 2° For the supply of materials and other things necessary for the construction, equipment and victualling of the…
Traders are those who carry out commercial acts and make it their usual profession.
An emancipated minor may become a trader with the authorisation of the guardianship judge at the time of the emancipation decision and of the president of the judicial court if he makes this request after having been emancipated.
The spouse of a trader is only deemed to be a trader himself if he carries on a commercial activity separate from that of his spouse.
I. – The spouse of the head of a craft, commercial or liberal profession business who regularly carries out a professional activity therein opts for one of the following statuses: 1° Collaborating spouse; 2° Salaried spouse; 3° Associate spouse. II. – As far as companies are concerned, the status of collaborating spouse is only authorised for the spouse of the sole managing partner or majority managing partner of a limited…
A person whose business is listed as belonging to the trade and craft sector in the national register of companies or a trader may not, without the express consent of his spouse, where the latter participates in his professional activity as a spouse working in the business, alienate or encumber with real rights the elements of the business or craft business belonging to the community, which, by their size or…
The collaborating spouse, when mentioned in the register of commerce and companies or, for a business in the trades and crafts sector, in the national register of businesses, is deemed to have received a mandate from the head of the business to carry out, on the latter’s behalf, administrative acts concerning the needs of the business. By declaration made before a notary, under penalty of nullity, each spouse has the…
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