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Registering your business

The INPI single gateway in force since 1 January 2023, the six categories article L123-36 covers and the window from one month before to fifteen days after, then the documents, the registers and the numbers delivered. Three modules on opening a retail shop. All the prose is free to read; the case study and quizzes are sold.

Intermediate3 modules26 minModule 1 free to read

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By the end of this course, you can…

These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.

  • Place the date from which formalities go through a single gateway.
  • Name the body operating that gateway and the address at which it is reached.
  • Separate the gateway, which receives the filing, from the register, which carries the entry.
  • Retain the three families of formalities the gateway covers.
  • Understand why a shared door does not mean a shared file.
  • Place the principle article L123-36 states before it enumerates.
  • Work through the six categories of businesses required to register.
  • Retain the filing window, bounded on both sides of the start of activity.
  • Put figures on the penalties for trading unregistered and for inaccurate declarations.
  • Understand why the declared start date is not a cosmetic entry.
  • Gather the documents expected in support of the registration application.
  • Separate the registers of entry according to the nature of the activity.
  • Place the only case where entry is not free, and its price.
  • Name the three identifiers carried by the registration certificate.
  • Avoid conflating the filing receipt with the final certificate.

The programme, module by module

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  1. Module 18 minFree — no accountOne gateway, one registerWhat you will be able to do
    • Place the date from which formalities go through a single gateway.
    • Name the body operating that gateway and the address at which it is reached.
    • Separate the gateway, which receives the filing, from the register, which carries the entry.
    • Retain the three families of formalities the gateway covers.
    • Understand why a shared door does not mean a shared file.
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  2. Module 29 minIncluded in the full courseSix categories, one filing windowWhat you will be able to do
    • Place the principle article L123-36 states before it enumerates.
    • Work through the six categories of businesses required to register.
    • Retain the filing window, bounded on both sides of the start of activity.
    • Put figures on the penalties for trading unregistered and for inaccurate declarations.
    • Understand why the declared start date is not a cosmetic entry.
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  3. Module 39 minIncluded in the full courseDocuments, registers, numbersWhat you will be able to do
    • Gather the documents expected in support of the registration application.
    • Separate the registers of entry according to the nature of the activity.
    • Place the only case where entry is not free, and its price.
    • Name the three identifiers carried by the registration certificate.
    • Avoid conflating the filing receipt with the final certificate.
    View the module — full course

What you take away

A handout you keep, not just a page you read. The sections are derived from the course itself: what is announced here is exactly what gets generated.

  • Participant handout (PDF)

    PDF

    • Learning objectives (3)
    • Key figures (3)
    • Mistakes to avoid (3)
    • Official sources (3)

  • Exercise workbook (Word)

    Word

    • Learning objectives (3)
    • Key figures (3)
    • Mistakes to avoid (3)
    • Official sources (3)

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