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Article L123-32 of the French Commercial code

This section applies to relations between, on the one hand, companies and, on the other hand, State administrations, public administrative establishments of the State, local authorities, their groupings and their public administrative establishments, private persons entrusted with a public administrative service, bodies managing social protection schemes covered by the Social Security Code and the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or mentioned in Articles L. 3141-32 and L. 5427-1 of the Labour Code and the bodies responsible for keeping a legal publicity register, including registries.

However, it does not apply to relations between companies and professional bodies, except where the third paragraph of article L. 123-33 of this code is applied.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L123-32

La présente section est applicable aux relations entre, d’une part, les entreprises et, d’autre part, les administrations de l’Etat, les établissements publics de l’Etat à caractère administratif, les collectivités territoriales, leurs groupements et leurs établissements publics à caractère administratif, les personnes privées chargées d’un service public administratif, les organismes gérant des régimes de protection sociale relevant du code de la sécurité sociale et du code rural et de la pêche maritime ou mentionnés aux articles L. 3141-32 et L. 5427-1 du code du travail et les organismes chargés de la tenue d’un registre de publicité légale, y compris les greffes.


Toutefois, elle n’est pas applicable aux relations entre les entreprises et les ordres professionnels, sauf quand il est fait application du troisième alinéa de l’article L. 123-33 du présent code.

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