Article 123 — Scope of Application of this Chapter

1/ The provisions of this chapter regarding the sale of a business shall apply: a) to any sale or assignment, even under a disguised form; b) to any sale by auction at the request of joint owners; c) to any distribution accompanied by compensation, where such sale, assignment or distribution relates to a business or its goodwill or to a branch or representative office assigned without the principal business being assigned or the goodwill of such branch or representative office. 2/ The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the sale of individual parts of a business other than the goodwill, unless such sale entails or conceals the sale of the business or of the goodwill of a business.