Unofficial translaction
5) Where appropriate, prior authorization to carry out the activity of the applicant.
ARTICLE 48- Any natural person or legal entity not obliged to registerat the Register of
Commerce and Securities due to the place of his businessor his registered office, shall apply for
a branchregistration within one month of itscreation as prescribed by the Uniform Acton
commercial companies and the economic interest group.
Such application is made usingthe form provided for in article 39 above shall be filed with the
court clerk or the competent body of the State party in the jurisdiction where is located that
branch or establishment and shall state:
1) where appropriate, its trade name, its acronym or brand;
2) the businessname or the name of the branchor establishment;
3) the line of business;
4) the name of the foreign company owner of such branch or establishment; its trade name;
its acronym or its brand; the line of business; the form of company or the legal entity;
his nationality; the address of the registered office; where appropriate, the full names
and residence of shareholders indefinitely and personally liable for the company debts;
5) Fullnames,dateandplaceofbirthofthe natural personresidenton the territory of the State
party, with the power of representation and management of thebranch.
Section 3 – Common Provisions to the Registration of Natural Persons and Legal Entities
ARTICLE 49-Registration of a natural person or legal entityshall be personal.
No-one shall be registered as a principal at multiple registers or at the same register under
several numbers.
ARTICLE 50-Upon receipt of the duly completed application form for registration and
supporting documents provided for by this Uniform Act, the court clerk or the person in charge
of the competentbody inthe Stateparty shall issueto theapplicanta registration receipt stating the
date of the registration was completed and the registration number.
The clerkorthe person in charge of the competentbody inthe Stateparty shallhave a period
ofthreemonths to carry out verificationspursuant to article66ofthis uniform Act and, where
appropriate, notify the interested party of the withdrawal of his registration and proceed with its
removal.
ARTICLE 51- In the event of relocation of the place of businessto the territory of another
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