Sunday, August 24, 2025, a decree allows each business manager to request the confidentiality of their address at the Trade and Companies Register (RCS) and the National Business Register (RNE). This decision, which directly targets the manager, comes into force the day after his publication at the JORF n ° 0196, and sets a processing period of five working free days by the clerk. According to Légifrance, the text revolves around articles R. 123-54-1 and R. 123-54-2 of the Commercial Code.
What the decree changes for the manager: contact details and register
The heart of the device is simple and useful for any manager: The confidentiality of the domiciliary coordinates can be requested at any time so as not to exhibit the personal address in the RCS and the RNE. “The natural persons mentioned in article R. 123-54 can, at any time, request the confidentiality of the information relating to their personal domicile” decided the decree.
In addition, the decree finely supervises the residual access to data: Despite public concealment, certain authorities and organizations (administrations, social organizations, professions mentioned by law, presidents of chambers of trades and crafts, competent URSSAF, etc.) can consult the unclicked data for the exercise of their missions. In addition, the company’s legal representative, its partners and creditors can access it under specific conditions.
Instructions for a manager: Request the concealment of data
Concretely, The manager initiates an approach via the one-stop shop, according to the terms of article R. 123-3. The transplant issues a receipt, then deals with the request within five working free days ; In case of exceeding, the manager may seize the judge committed to monitoring the register. This procedural calendar frames the action of the clerk and gives the manager a quick and enforceable lever. In addition, the decree specifies the immediate entry into force: the day after the publication in the Official Journal, the protection applies, that is this Monday, August 25, 2025.
Then, the manager should know that when the request relates to an act or a piece (for example statutes) where the address appears, he joins a “hidden” copy of this document. The clerk then published this copy to replace the original, which is kept as a supporting document. Another useful point: the demand itself is archived for a year as proof.