Unofficial translaction
ARTICLE 53-Any natural person or legal entity required to register at the Register of
Commerce and Securities is required, if his activity is on a secondary basis in the jurisdiction of
other courts, to subscribe a declaration of secondary registration within a period of one month
from the beginning of the operation.
Such declaration shall state, in addition to the reference to the main registration, the required
information:
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for natural persons by article 44 above;
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For legal entities by article 46above.
The court clerk or the person in charge of the competent body in the State party shall issue
aregistration receipt stating the formality that has been completed and the date.
ARTICLE 54–A secondary registration application must be registered in the Register of
Commerce and Securities of the court in the jurisdiction wherethe the activity will be carried
out .
The clerk or the competent authority in the State party concerned shall forward, within one
month of the secondary registration, a copy of the declaration of the secondary registration to
the clerk or the competent body in the State party in charge of the Register where the main
registration was made.
Any registration of a secondary place of businessshallentail the issuance of a registration
number.
Section 5 - Removal
ARTICLE 55- Any registered natural person shall, within a period of one month from the
cessation of hisactivity, request its removal from the Register of Commerce and Securities. This
formality must also be completed for subsidiaries and establishments.
In the event of death of a registered natural person, his successors must, within the period of
three months after the death, request the removal of his registration from the Register of
Commerce and Securities, or its amendmentwhere they intend to carry on themselves.
Failing to request the removal within the time limit specified in the first two paragraphs of this
Article, the clerkor the competent body in the State party shall effect the removalupon the
decision of the court or the competent authority in the State party, ruling expeditiously, seized
at his request or by any interested party.
The court clerk orthe person in charge of the competent body in the State party overseeing the
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