What is an economic activity?
An activity through which a person or entity conducts business.
What defines an enterprise according to CJCE, 23 avril 1991?
Any entity exercising an economic activity independently of legal status and financing.
Which activities are examples of economic activity?
Selling goods and providing services.
Does an enterprise's legal status affect its definition?
No, legal status does not affect the definition of an enterprise.
Does the method of financing affect whether an entity is an enterprise?
No, the method of financing does not affect the definition of an enterprise.
What factors must be considered when choosing a legal structure?
Number of participants, financing needs, profit desire, activity nature, marital status, and assets.
What distinguishes a commercial activity from a civil activity?
Commercial activity involves buying and reselling goods, civil activity is performed by a notary.
What is an agricultural activity classified as?
A distinct type of economic activity.
What is a legal structure in economic activity?
The legal organization chosen to carry out an economic activity.
What distinguishes a society from an enterprise legally?
A society is a legal person and subject of law, unlike an enterprise.
What is a legal person?
A subject of law distinct from the natural persons who constitute or represent it.
Does a society have its own legal personality?
Yes, separate from that of its members.
Does a society have its own patrimony?
Yes, separate from the patrimony of its associates.
What legal rules govern a society?
Specific legal rules known as company law.
What forms a society according to the Code civil?
Two or more persons agreeing by contract to a common enterprise.
What must persons agree to share in a society?
Its profit or benefit from resulting savings.
What obligation do members undertake in a society?
To contribute to losses.
Can a society be established by one person alone?
Yes, but only in cases provided by law.
What is the purpose of a society?
To share profits or benefit from savings from the common enterprise.
Why is an individual enterprise not a subject of law?
Because it has no legal personality distinct from the entrepreneur.
Who remains the subject of law in an individual enterprise?
The entrepreneur remains the subject of law.
Since when does an individual entrepreneur have professional assets distinct from personal assets?
Since 14 February 2022.
What legal change occurred on 14 February 2022 regarding individual entrepreneurs?
The abolition of the EIRL.
What distinguishes a lucrative society from a non-lucrative one?
A lucrative society aims for profit, unlike a non-lucrative one.
Which societies are examples of private-law legal persons?
SA, SARL, SAS, and SNC are private-law legal persons.
What type of legal persons are public establishments like schools?
They are public-law legal persons.
Which societies are classified as societies of capital?
SA and SAS are societies of capital.
Which society is an example of a society of persons?
SNC is a society of persons.
Which societies are considered commercial societies?
SA, SNC, and SAS are commercial societies.
Which societies are considered civil societies?
SCI and SCM are civil societies.
Name some legal forms listed in the course.
EI, EURL, SARL, SAS, SNC, SCA, SCS, and SCI are listed legal forms.
Test your knowledge with 16 questions on Entreprise et société.
1. Regarding economic activity, which of the following statements are correct?
2. An enterprise is best characterized by which of the following statements?
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