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Article L721-3 of the French Commercial code

Commercial courts hear:

1° Disputes relating to commitments between merchants, between craftsmen, between credit institutions, between finance companies or between them;

2° Those relating to commercial companies;

3° Those relating to commercial acts between all persons.

However, the parties may, at the time they contract, agree to submit the disputes listed above to arbitration. By way of exception, where the guarantee of a commercial debt has not been taken out in the context of the guarantor’s professional activity, the arbitration clause may not be invoked against the guarantor.

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Article L721-3

Les tribunaux de commerce connaissent :

1° Des contestations relatives aux engagements entre commerçants, entre artisans, entre établissements de crédit, entre sociétés de financement ou entre eux ;

2° De celles relatives aux sociétés commerciales ;

3° De celles relatives aux actes de commerce entre toutes personnes.

Toutefois, les parties peuvent, au moment où elles contractent, convenir de soumettre à l’arbitrage les contestations ci-dessus énumérées. Par exception, lorsque le cautionnement d’une dette commerciale n’a pas été souscrit dans le cadre de l’activité professionnelle de la caution, la clause compromissoire ne peut être opposée à celle-ci.

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