A counterparty describes itself on a website, in a brochure and in a quotation. For a French counterparty the review lists those statements and sets each against the sources, so the report shows which are supported, which differ and which no source settles.
The website's statements are listed one by one: what the company does, where it operates, how it presents itself. Each is set beside the sources. A statement a cited source confirms is a verified fact. A company's own statement that no independent source confirms is described as the company's own statement and carries the class unavailable until one does.
INPI states that the State designated it as operator of the Registre national des entreprises (RNE), which replaces the Registre national du commerce et des societes, the Repertoire des metiers and the Registre des actifs agricoles.
INPI states that RNE information is distributed free of charge on DATA INPI and that anyone may consult the public data of the RNE.
Insee states that the Sirene directory records the civil status of all enterprises and their establishments, whatever their legal form or sector, and that Insee assigns the Siren number to legal and natural persons and the Siret number to each of their establishments.
INPI states that, apart from competent public authorities and persons subject to the vigilance obligations of article L. 561-2 of the monetary and financial code, who keep full access, access to beneficial-owner data is reserved for persons demonstrating a legitimate interest, following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 22 November 2022.
Le Registre national des entreprises — INPI. Source language: English.
Système d'identification du répertoire des entreprises (Sirene) — Insee. Source language: English.
FAQ | INPI — INPI. Source language: English.
Facts reviewed 2026-10-13.
With the proposal or quotation you hold, so the review reads what the counterparty showed you.
The report states only what a cited source shows about ownership and marks the item unavailable where no cited source shows it.
Public commercial reputation is reviewed as a separate part of the report, with its own sources.
The website and public pages are read, and what they state about the business is written down.
Official or registry records are read first, then the company's own material, then third-party and platform material.
Each statement is recorded as supported, as differing from a source, or as not shown by any source reviewed.
Findings are verified fact, inference, unavailable or client-provided, with the source log.
Research reports what can be established from public and provided sources. It is not a guarantee about a counterparty's future conduct and not legal advice.
It is described as the company's own statement and carries the class unavailable until an independent source confirms it.
Only what a cited source shows. Where no cited source shows it, the item is recorded as unavailable.
No. The name is enough to start, and the review reports which entry it matched.
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