The Registrar will affix to each registration file, for the sole purpose of managing these files, a management number consisting of the figures for the current year, followed by the letter A in the case of a natural person, the letter B in the case of a commercial company, the letter C in the case of an economic interest group and a European economic interest group, the letter D in the case of a civil company, and the letter C in the case of an economic interest group and a European economic interest group, letter C in the case of an economic interest grouping and a European economic interest grouping, letter D in the case of a civil partnership, letter E in the case of a European company, letter F in the case of a liberal practice partnership, letter G in the case of an EPIC, letter H in the case of any other legal entity; and an annual chronological number.
The management number is entered on the amendment or deletion registration forms making up the file, on the deeds of natural persons and legal entities filed in the appendix and on the file of the trade and companies register.
This number is used in relations between the registries and the National Institute of Industrial Property.