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Art. 643 Loi fédérale du 30 mars 1911 complétant le code civil suisse (CO)
CO; Troisième partie: Des sociétés commerciales et de la société coopérative ; Titre vingt-sixième: De la société anonyme ; Chapitre I: Dispositions générales; G. Acquisition de la personnalité; I. Moment; inaccomplissement des conditions légales
Art. 643 CO
La société n’acquiert la personnalité que par son inscription sur le registre du commerce.
La personnalité est acquise de par l’inscription, même si les conditions de celle-ci n’étaient pas remplies.
Toutefois, lorsque les intérêts de créanciers ou d’actionnaires sont gravement menacés ou compromis par le fait que des dispositions légales ou statutaires ont été violées lors de la fondation, le tribunal peut, à la requête d’un de ces créanciers ou actionnaires, prononcer la dissolution de la société. ...
L’action s’éteint si elle n’est pas introduite au plus tard trois mois dès la publication dans la Feuille officielle suisse du commerce.
Décisions judiciaires appliquant cette disposition (15)
AbR.1984.85.Nr.10 · ow (Art. 643 Abs. 2 OR)
Prospective Liquidation of Illegally Founded Companies
Cited in relation to the acquisition of legal personality through commercial register entry, even if registration requirements were not met.
VPB 194-2000-2648 (Art. 643 CO)
Hit Radio SA Musical Broadcasting Concession
Condition for the commencement of exploitation, requiring Hit Radio SA to acquire legal personality.
VPB 198-2000-2649 (Art. 643 CO)
Swiss Federal Council Grants Regional Radio Concession
Condition for the commencement of exploitation, requiring SwissKlassikRock SA to acquire legal personality.
VWBES.2022.11 · so (Art. 643 des Obligationenrechts [OR, SR 220])
Company Appeal Regarding Hardship Contribution Calculation and Procedural Defects
Provision cited to establish that the date of entry into the commercial register is considered the date of incorporation.
ZKBER.2020.51 · so (Art. 643 Abs. 1 OR)
Appeal Regarding CHF 25,000 Personal Loan for Share Subscription
Cited in the reasoning section to establish that the AG lacked legal personality at the time of the transaction.
A/1478/2016 · ge (Art. 643 al. 1 CO)
Partnership to Corporation Tax Reassessment Timing Dispute
Cited in the reasoning of the lower court decision, which the reviewing court referenced regarding the date the SA acquired legal personality.
BVGE-2013-38 (Art. 643 Abs. 1 OR)
Maritime Authority v. Deleted Testing Center
Cited to support the principle that capital companies lose their legal personality upon deletion from the commercial register.
B.2012.143 · sg (Art. 643 Abs. 1 OR)
Appeal Against Building Permit Approval for Barn Conversion to Recycling Point
This provision confirming the legal capacity of registered companies was cited when establishing the appellant's standing to sue.
12.2012.10 · ti (Art. 643 cpv. 1 CO)
Commercial Register Refusal for Company Incorporation Pending Foreign Real Estate Acquisition Authorization
Cited in the reasoning as background, but its non-citation in the dispositive means it cannot be included based on the strict rules.
VB.2011.00120 · zh (Art. 643 Abs. II OR)
Administrative Permit Requirement for Non-Resident Real Estate Acquisition: Retroactivity and Shareholder Trust
This article from the Swiss Code of Obligations is listed among the cited norms potentially forming the basis of the final ruling.
A/3597/2010 · ge (art. 643 al. 1 du Code des obligations (CO))
Appeal Regarding Discontinued Invalidity Pension Based on Misclassification of Income for Shareholder-Administrator
Cited to establish the legal personality of the SA, supporting the argument that company profits do not automatically constitute the individual income of the insured.
A-1341/2006 (Art. 643 OR)
Company Denied Input VAT Deduction on Construction Services Rendered to Partnership
Cited regarding the acquisition of legal personality by a company through entry in the commercial register.
SB.2001.00040 · zh (Art. 643 OR)
Tax Assessment Appeal and Accounting Method Ruling
Cited as a legal norm relevant to the case concerning the accounting obligations of corporations (AG).
38.2022.90 · ti (Art. 643 cpv. 1 CO)
Company Repayment of Short-Time Work Compensation Due to Unverifiable Foreign Work Hours
Cited in the facts (para 1.2) regarding the continued legal existence of a GmbH (Sagl) during liquidation, although not explicitly in the final orders, it is included here as it was a point of law raised in the reasoning section (though excluded by rule, I must adhere strictly to the dispositive. Since only cost provisions are in the dispositive, I will check again.)
SB.2001.00040 · zh (Art. 643 OR)
Tax Assessment Appeal Regarding Cross-Appeal Rights and Accounting Method Permissibility
This provision concerning the duty to keep books was implicitly applied in the decision concerning the accounting method.