Unofficial translaction
ARTICLE95-Forall direct electronic transmissionincludingbyemail, the applicant or the
declarant shall use his qualified electronicsignature.
ARTICLE 96-Individual files, copies or extracts provided for by the Uniform Acts may be sent
electronically, including by prior scanning under conditions ensuring their reproduction in the
same manner pursuant to recommendations issued by the Technical Committee for the
Standardization of Electronic Procedures provided for in article 81 of this uniform Act.
Information is deemed to have been sent electronically when they are issued and received at the
other end through processing electronic devices, including digital compression, and data
storage, and deemed entirely transmitted, directed and received by wire, radio, optical or
otherelectromagnetic means pursuant to mechanisms set out bytheStatesparties,but enabling
interoperability between the information system of transmitters and receivers. Acknowledgment
receipts shall be sent by recipient bodies to the issuing agencies. They bear the qualified
electronic signature of the clerk or the person in charge of the competent body in the State party
of the recipient agency.
CHAPTER V: PUBLICITY AND ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF REGISTERS
INFORMATION
ARTICLE97–Anyone may obtain informationcontainedontheformsfiledwith theRegister of
Commerce and Securities electronically in accordance with conditions set forth by this uniform
Act or the Uniform Act on securities interests.
Anyone may also receive information on extracts or copies of all or part of the documents
published in the Register of Commerce and Securities pursuant to this Uniform Act, the
Uniform Act on commercial companies and the economic interest group and the Uniform Act
with respect to the organization and harmonization of corporateaccounting.
ARTICLE 98-The clerk or the competent body in the State party overseeing the Register of
Commerce and Securities, after using the scan systemunder conditions ensuring verbatim
reproduction, may proceed with the electronic copy of all or part of an individual file onpaper.
The information provided electronically shall not be certified true unless specifically requested
by the applicant. In the absence of certification, the information provided shall be considered
for information purposes only.
The certification of electronic copies must both authenticate their source and the integrity of
their content through, at least, a qualified electronic signature of the authority overseeing the
Register of Commerce and Securities. The authentic copy shall also include the date and the
image of its seal. This shall be indicated in the copy issued certifyingits conformity to the
original.
Information, extracts and full copies of a document may be sent to theelectronic address
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