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Article L141-2 of the French Commercial code

On the day of the sale, the vendor and the purchaser will sign a document showing the monthly sales figures achieved between the end of the last financial year and the month preceding that of the sale.

For a period of three years from the date on which the purchaser takes possession of the business, the seller shall make available to the purchaser, at his request, all the accounting books that he has kept during the three accounting periods preceding that of the sale.

Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L141-2
Au jour de la cession, le vendeur et l’acquéreur visent un document présentant les chiffres d’affaires mensuels réalisés entre la clôture du dernier exercice comptable et le mois précédant celui de la vente.


Pendant une durée de trois ans à compter de l’entrée de l’acquéreur en jouissance du fonds, le vendeur met à sa disposition, à sa demande, tous les livres de comptabilité qu’il a tenus durant les trois exercices comptables précédant celui de la vente.

Toute clause contraire est réputée non écrite.

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