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| Infogreffe | |
|---|---|
| Name | Infogreffe |
| Type | Public commercial registry service |
| Industry | Legal services |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Key people | Jean-Philippe Thiellay, Éric Lenoir |
| Products | Commercial court registries, company extracts, legal filings |
Infogreffe Infogreffe is the commercial public registry service for companies registered with the French tribunal de commerce network, providing access to official corporate filings, legal notices, and court decisions. Founded to centralize the work of the greffe offices attached to tribunaux de commerce across France, it interacts with institutions such as the Ministry of Justice (France), the Conseil d'État, and the Cour de cassation to publish authoritative records. The service supports interoperability with European initiatives like the European Business Register and interfaces with private entities including Banque de France, Société Générale, and Crédit Agricole.
Infogreffe emerged in the context of late 20th-century administrative modernization, following reforms influenced by cases and recommendations from the Conseil d'État and directives from the European Commission. Initial efforts drew on practices from the greffiers of France's tribunaux de commerce and examples such as the Companies House system in the United Kingdom and the Handelsregister in Germany. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Infogreffe expanded its digital offerings in line with legislation like the Loi n° 2000-230 and reforms shaped by the Commission européenne and the Assemblée nationale. Collaborations included partnerships with bodies such as the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris. High-profile judicial events—decisions from the Cour de cassation and rulings by the Conseil constitutionnel—influenced access policies and the scope of published documents. Recent history features modernization programs linked to projects with the Agence pour l'informatique financière de l'État and procurement involving firms like Capgemini, Atos, and Accenture.
Infogreffe provides certified company extracts (extraits Kbis), registration services, filing of annual accounts, and publication of legal notices linked to corporate procedures administered by the tribunal de commerce and its greffes. It supplies authenticated documents used by banks such as BNP Paribas, auditors like Deloitte, and law firms including Gide Loyrette Nouel and Baker McKenzie. The platform enables filings for corporate acts governed by the Code de commerce and procedures arising under the Loi de finances, and it disseminates insolvency notices involving entities covered by the procédure collective framework adjudicated by the juge-commissaire. Infogreffe also supports searches by identifiers like SIREN and SIRET codes furnished by the INSEE and provides interfaces for interoperability with the European Business Register and services used by private providers such as Altares and Bureau van Dijk.
Infogreffe operates within a legal framework defined by provisions of the Code de commerce, administrative rulings from the Conseil d'État, and supervisory oversight linked to the Ministry of Justice (France). Its governance involves elected actors from the tribunal de commerce network, professional officers such as greffiers des tribunaux de commerce, and corporate stakeholders represented by trade bodies like the Union des chambres de commerce et d'industrie and the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce. Data protection requirements derive from French law and EU regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation enforced by the CNIL. Judicial decisions from the Cour de cassation and case law from administrative courts have shaped Infogreffe's obligations on document authenticity, confidentiality, and public access.
Technologically, Infogreffe has transitioned from paper archives to digital registries using platforms developed in collaboration with vendors including Capgemini, Atos, Sopra Steria, and Oracle. The infrastructure integrates identity and signature solutions compliant with EU eIDAS standards, and uses indexing systems compatible with XML schemas and standards promoted by the European Commission. It interoperates with national databases such as the INSEE register and financial databases used by Banque de France and commercial data aggregators like Dun & Bradstreet. Security measures align with guidelines from the Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information and auditing practices from firms such as KPMG and PwC.
Coverage spans all companies registered before the tribunaux de commerce across metropolitan France and overseas collectivities such as Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and Guyane. Users include public institutions such as the Ministry of Economy and Finance, courts like the tribunal judiciaire, private-sector organizations including Société Générale, Caisse des Dépôts, and international registers like the European Business Register. Access is available via paid services and authenticated kiosks in greffes offices, used by professionals including notaries from the Chambre des notaires, accountants from Ordre des Experts-Comptables, and legal counsel at firms like Hogan Lovells.
Critiques of Infogreffe have touched on pricing policies raised by commercial users and professional bodies such as the Ordre des avocats and consumer associations like UFC-Que Choisir, interoperability challenges highlighted in reports to the European Commission, and disputes over public access argued in cases before the Conseil d'État. Controversies included procurement disputes involving contractors like Accenture and debates over the balance between revenue-generation and public service obligations discussed in hearings at the Assemblée nationale.
Infogreffe reports millions of queries annually used by banks including BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole, auditors such as Ernst & Young, and corporations like TotalEnergies and L'Oréal for due diligence, credit assessment, and compliance. Its datasets feed analytics by providers including Bureau van Dijk, Altares, and academic researchers at institutions like Sorbonne University and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Usage metrics inform policy reviews by bodies such as the Ministry of Justice (France) and the European Commission.
Category:Companies of France