To close a business, it must be dissolved. You must then sell the assets, settle the debts and declare the closing of the liquidation. Once these steps have been validated, the company can then request its removal from the legal registers, in which it was originally registered. These registers are the trade and companies register and/or the trades register (if it exercises a craft activity). The addressee of the deregistration file is then known.
To amicably close an organization, it is necessary to dissolve (voluntary early dissolution) then to liquidate (amicable settlement). Each step requires the execution of paperwork.
To dissolve a company, the partners must decide on its premature termination and submit a request for modification to the trade and companies register. The company remains active until they have decided on the term of the liquidation operations.
Once liquidation close, the company must take publicity steps and file a request for removal from the RCS. The registry publishes a notice in the official bulletin of civil and commercial announcements. The company is then definitively abolished.
Business formalities centers (CFE) are responsible for processing corporate delisting requests. These are grouped in networks and represent a link between companies and administrations (tax, social, etc.).
The CFE to which the company must turn depends on the nature of its activity. THE commercial enterprises must be registered in the Trade and Companies Register (RCS), while the artisans must be removed from the directory of trades (RM).
The craft companies must send their request for cancellation to the chamber of trades and crafts (ACM). The commercial companies must go to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), while the civil societies and private practice companies (SEL) should contact the Registry of the Commercial Court.
The PACTE Law provides for the establishment of a online one-stop shop replacing the 7 CFE networks by 2023. The latter is accessible at the following address: https://www.guichet-entreprises.fr/fr/.
Unfortunately, the site Guichet-entreprises.fr does not yet offer the possibility of delist a company online. Only the site of commercial court registries (infogreffe.fr) offers this service. However, it is necessary to have a certificate RGS – General Security Repository.
The certificate is chargeable, which is why few companies use this solution. However, it is possible to buy a single-use RGS certificate from the registry for a relatively low cost.
In the end, the most frequently used method to close an online company is to go through a online legal service. These services automatically take care of closing procedures and allow all legal formalities to be carried out on the Internet. Rates are determined according to the “pack” chosen.
The procedure to follow depends on the type of company. It may include filing documents to be submitted to government agencies, drafting articles of dissolution and liquidation, and holding a general meeting.
The request for deregistration of a company must be sent to the Trade and Companies Register (RCS) of the high court on which the company depends.
The documents required for the deregistration of a company may include a letter requesting deregistration, the minutes of the general meeting of dissolution and the register of decisions of the company.
