If one company (SAS, SASU, SARL ou EURL) wish change your business name, it must inform third parties. A legal notice of change of corporate name must be published in a journal of legal announcements (JAL). What is his contents ? What are the terms of publication of the ad ? Here are the essentials to remember, as well as a legal notice template.
Publish a legal announcement of change of trade name
Essential Information to Include in a Legal Business Name Change Announcement
Un notice of change of commercial name of a SARL, SAS, EURL, or a SASU must include the following:
- The old trade name;
- The legal form of the company;
- The amount of share capital;
- The address of the registered office;
- The company's unique identification number;
- The mention “RCS” followed by the name of the city where the registry where the company is registered is located;
- The new trade name;
- The effective date of the trade name change.
Examples of legal announcements of modification of the commercial name of a SAS, SARL, SASU or EURL
Here's a very example of legal announcement of modification of the commercial name of a SARL or SAS, to be published in a Newspaper of legal notices :
Trade name : [former trading name of the company]
Form : [legal form of the company: SARL or SAS]
The head office : [place of the registered office of the company]
Share capital: [amount of share capital in €] euros
Siren number [siren number] RCS [city]
By decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting dated [date of EGM] it was noted to change the commercial name of the company, as of [effective date of trade name change], [new trade name]. Article [number] of the Articles of Association has been amended accordingly.
The legal deposit will be made in the trade and companies register of [city].
For notice and mention.
Here's a very example of legal announcement of change of trade name of an EURL or a SASU :
Trade name : [former trading name of the company]
Form : [legal form of the company: SASU or EURL]
The head office : [place of the registered office of the company]
Share capital: [amount of share capital] euros
Siren number [siren number] RCS [city]
By decision dated [date of the trade name change decision] it was noted to change the commercial name of the company, as of [effective date of trade name change], [new trade name]. The article [number] of the Articles of Association has been amended accordingly.
The legal deposit will be made in the trade and companies register of [city].
For notice and mention.
Publish a trade name transformation notice in a journal of legal notices
After amending its articles of association, the company must publish thecommercial name change announcement in a legal announcement media covering the department where the company is established.
Following registration of the company's request, the newspaper will issue a proof of publication of the notice of change. The latter is essential: it will constitute the file which will be transmitted to the registry of the commercial court or to the center of business formalities.
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Also read on the subject of company transformations:
- Le change of commercial name of an EURL or an SARL,
- La transformation of the commercial name of a SASU or an SAS.
When a company changes its name, it must write a notice of modification of articles of association, choose a newspaper of legal announcements and publish it.
What is a legal announcement?
A legal announcement is a document whose publication is mandatory for certain legal acts, it must be published in a newspaper authorized by the Ministry of Justice. Legal announcements are used to notify third parties of changes made within a company.
When should a legal announcement of a name change be published?
When a SARL, EURL, SAS or SASU wishes to change its corporate name, it must publish a legal announcement in order to notify this change to third parties.
Who should be informed of this announcement?
This legal announcement must be published and inform all third parties affected by the change of corporate name, in particular the company's customers and suppliers.
