Identification of Commercial Traders

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Course Outline

  1. Legal Definition of a Trader
  2. Trading Through Purchase and Resale
  3. Limits of Commercial Status
  4. Industrial Commercial Activities
  5. Commercial Services and Intermediaries

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Trader : A person who performs commercial acts as their habitual profession under Article L121-1 of the Commercial Code.

★ Must-know

📌 Habitual performance of commercial acts can establish trader status even without registration in the Trade and Companies Register.

Further detail

  • The law identifies a trader by what they do, namely their commercial acts, so certain individuals may be traders even without registration.

Memory Hook

Commercial acts performed habitually → trader status

2. Trading Through Purchase and Resale

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Purchase for resale : Article L110-1 — A commercial act consisting of buying a movable or immovable asset with the intention of reselling it, possibly after processing it.

★ Must-know

📌 An act of commerce by nature produces trader status when it is performed repeatedly and habitually.

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1. Which statement correctly defines trader status under Article L121-1 of the Commercial Code?

2. Regarding the role of registration in determining trader status, which statements are correct?

3. Which statements accurately describe purchase for resale as a commercial act?

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What defines a trader under Article L121-1 of the Commercial Code?

Performing commercial acts as their habitual profession.

How can habitual commercial acts affect trader status without registration?

They can establish trader status even without registration.

What is purchase for resale according to Article L110-1?

A commercial act of buying an asset to resell it, possibly after processing.

What condition produces trader status from an act of commerce?

Performing the act repeatedly and habitually.

When is buying an immovable asset for resale considered commercial?

When the buyer does not intend to construct and sell buildings as a whole or by premises.

What two conditions define a purchase-resale act as commercial?

Purchasing an asset and intending to resell it.

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