#2026-429Rules for professional civil companies of expert surveyors
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The decree sets the basic rules for expert surveyors who want to practise through a professional civil company in France. It defines these companies, requires their registered office to be in the same regional district as the relevant professional order, and limits each company to seven expert surveyor partners. It also explains how the company must apply for registration with the regional council of the professional order. The council can refuse registration only if the company’s statutes do not comply with the applicable rules, and any refusal must be explained and notified to the applicants.
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Key Changes
- Creates a framework for professional civil companies formed by expert surveyors
- Requires the company and its partners to be registered with the relevant regional professional order
- Limits each professional civil company to no more than seven expert surveyor partners
Obligations
What this law requires
A professional civil company of expert surveyors must have as its purpose the joint practice of the expert surveyor profession and must be denominated as a “société civile professionnelle de géomètres-experts.”
Expert surveyors forming a professional civil company must be registered on the roll of the same regional district of the professional order, unless non-registered natural persons meet the conditions to practise and apply for registration no later than at the same time as the company.
A professional civil company of expert surveyors must establish its registered office in the same regional district of the professional order in which its partners are registered and in which it seeks registration.
A professional civil company of expert surveyors must not have more than seven expert surveyor partners.
The company is validly constituted only subject to registration on the roll of the regional district of the professional order where its registered office is located and, where applicable, registration of each partner on that roll.