The conciliation procedure is applicable, under the same conditions, to legal persons under private law and to natural persons exercising an independent professional activity, including a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected. For the application of this article, the judicial court shall have jurisdiction and its president shall exercise the same powers as those attributed to the president of the commercial court.
The conciliation procedure is not applicable to persons exercising an agricultural activity defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime qui bénéficient de la procédure prévue aux articles L. 351-1 à L. 351-7 du même code.