SECTION 35

The purpose of the Register of Commerce and Securities is: 1) to receive applications for registration from, including: - natural persons with the status of merchant within the meaning of this uniform Act; - commercial companies; - companies, civil by their form, and commercial by their object; - economic interest groups; - branches within the meaning of the Uniform Act on commercial companies and the economic interest group; - all entities with legal personality under obligation by law to register in the said Register; - any natural person carrying out a professional activity under obligation by law to register in the said Register; - Public institutions carrying out an economic activity and benefitting from legal and financial autonomy. Registration entails attributionof a registration number that is personal to each person under obligation to register upon the filing of the application. 2) to receive the statement of activity of the entrepreneur, issue his numberupon filing of the declaration of activity, to receive his amending statements and accept his declaration of cessation of activity; 3) to receive the filing of acts and supporting documents and give the particulars provided for by the provisions of this uniform Act, by those of the Uniform Act oncommercial companies and the economic interest group, the Uniform Act with respect to the organization and harmonization of corporateaccounting and any other legal provision; 4) to receive applications foramendments, additionaland secondary statements; 5) to receive requests for removal of entries made; 6) to receive all applications for registration of security interests provided for by the Uniform Act on Securitiesandbyanyotherlegal provision. It shall also receive registration of financing lease contracts; 7) to receive all applications for amendment or renewal of the registrationofsecurity interests provided for bythe Uniform Acton securities interests and any other legal provision; 8) to receiveallapplicationsfor removal of entries provided for by the Uniform Act on securitiesinterests and any other legal provision; 9) at any time, issue the necessary documents enabling persons under obligation to register to completethe formalities prescribed by the Uniform Acts and any other legal provision; 10) To put at the disposal of the public,information contained in forms provided for in articles 39 and 40 hereinpursuant to provisions of article 66 of the Uniform Acton securities interestssubject to legal restrictions in effect in the Stateparty.