Company creation: formalities for the registration of a business

It is possible to start your business before the registration of the business.

For example, it may be necessary to sign a lease or to charge future customers.

It is important to indicate on all documents the words "Business in training".

An annex to the articles of association must also be drawn up, indicating all the documents passed before the application for registration was made.

In this case, the application for registration must be made within 30 days which follow the start of activity.

Conversely, it is also possible to start business after the application for registration. In this case, the starting date must be fixed at the latest within 15 days of the application for registration.

You must apply for registration at the company formalities window:

Company Formalities Window

If you are a commercial agent, you are also automatically registered in the Special Commercial Agents Register (SFCR).

You are a member of the National company Directory (RNE: titleContent) and the register of commerce and business (SCR: titleContent).

Attach the following documents in PDF format to your application for registration:

• If you have not signed your company creation declaration yourself, original of the power by which you authorize a third party to sign the declaration on your behalf
• Entitlement of domiciliation on your company with the clearly identifiable address (electricity bill, lease)
• Certificate of publication of the notice of establishment in a legal listing support
• Original copy of the statutes of the business, dated and signed by all members or their authorized representative and supported by an original copy of the power special or dispatch
• Original copy of the certificate of the depositary of the funds constituting the share capital the business (dated and signed) with the list of subscribers (dated and signed). You must also indicate the number of shares subscribed and the amounts paid.
• If you used a report by a report commissioner, a copy of the report that was dated and signed
• If you have appointed an External Auditor (ACC), proof of his/her inclusion on the official list of ACCs if the entry is not yet published and the letter of acceptance of his/her appointment
• If you are engaged in a regulated activity, a copy of the authorization to engage in the activity, diploma or qualification
• If you have made a purchase of goodwill, copy of the bill of sale and copy of the certificate of publication in a medium of legal announcements of the notice of purchase
• If you have taken management leasing of the goodwill, copy of the management leasing agreement and of the certificate of publication in a medium of legal announcements of the notice relating to the management leasing
• If you have taken a mandate-management of goodwill, copy of the mandate-management contract and the certificate of publication in a legal advertisement medium of the notice relating to the mandate-management

Documents to be provided for the Director, Managing Director or Chairperson:

• Copy of their ID card
• Declaration on Honor of non-conviction and attestation of filiation for each of them (dated and signed)
• If the President has not been appointed in the statutes, a copy certified by the President of the instrument appointing him
• If the Director-General has not been appointed in the statutes, a certified copy by the President of the instrument appointing him

Documents to be provided for the business, Managing Director or Chairperson:

• Siren Number the governing business (or a document attesting to its existence if it is not registered)
• If the business is not registered in the European Union, a copy of its statutes translated into French and certified by its permanent representative
• For the Permanent Representative of the business:
  
  • Copy of his ID card
  • Declaration on Honor non-conviction and proof of parentage (dated and signed)
• Copy of the document confirming the place of permanent representative of the administrative business

Registering your business in the Commercial and business Register costs €37.45.

In the case of double registration in the national register of companies in the category of craftsmen, it costs more €15.

Once your complete file has been sent, you will receive a receipt for the deposit of a company creation file (RDDCE) marked Pending Registration.

This receipt is important because it will allow you to do all the necessary procedures with public and private organizations. For example, you can subscribe to compulsory insurance and complementary for the company, join a pension fund.

The receipt is valid until you receive a notification from the companies formalities window confirming the registration of the business. The maximum validity of the receipt is 1 month.

Once you have registered, you will receive a document containing your Siren number.

If your file is incomplete, you will receive a receipt from the companies you depend on, indicating the missing items to be sent. You will have a deadline of 15 working days upon receipt of the receipt to send these items.

It is possible start your business before registration business.

For example, it may be necessary to sign a lease or to charge future customers.

It is important to indicate on all documents the words "Business in training".

An annex to the articles of association must also be drawn up, indicating all the documents passed before the application for registration was made.

In this case, the application for registration must be made within 30 days which follow the start of activity.

Conversely, it is also possible to start business after the application for registration. In this case, the starting date must be fixed at the latest within 15 days of the application for registration.

You must apply for registration at the company formalities window:

Company Formalities Window

If you are a commercial agent, you are also automatically registered in the Special Commercial Agents Register (SFCR).

You are a member of the National company Directory (RNE: titleContent) and the register of commerce and business (SCR: titleContent).

Registering your business in the Commercial and business Register costs €37.45.

In the case of double registration in the national register of companies in the category of craftsmen, it costs more €15.

Once your complete file has been sent, you will receive a receipt for the deposit of a company creation file (RDDCE) marked Pending Registration.

This receipt is important because it will allow you to do all the necessary procedures with public and private organizations. For example, you can subscribe to compulsory and supplementary insurance for the company, join a pension fund.

The receipt is valid until you receive a notification from the companies formalities window confirming the registration of the business. The maximum validity of the receipt is 1 month.

Once you have registered, you will receive a document containing your Siren number.

If your file is incomplete, you will receive a receipt from the companies formalities office with the missing items to send. You will have a deadline of 15 working days from receipt of the receipt to transmit these elements.