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Article 1406 of the French Code of civil procedure

The application shall be brought, as the case may be, before the protection litigation judge or the president of the judicial court or the commercial court, within the limits of the jurisdiction of these courts.

The territorially competent judge shall be that of the place where the debtor or one of the debtors being sued resides.

The rules prescribed in the preceding paragraphs are of public policy. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten. The court must declare of its own motion that it lacks jurisdiction, in which case article 847-5 applies.

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Article 1406

La demande est portée, selon le cas, devant le juge des contentieux de la protection ou devant le président du tribunal judiciaire ou du tribunal de commerce, dans la limite de la compétence d’attribution de ces juridictions.

Le juge territorialement compétent est celui du lieu où demeure le ou l’un des débiteurs poursuivis.

Les règles prescrites aux alinéas précédents sont d’ordre public. Toute clause contraire est réputée non écrite. Le juge doit relever d’office son incompétence, l’article 847-5 étant alors applicable.

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