The entry is made in a register kept by the competent registrar. This registrar shall be, as the case may be, the registrar of the commercial court, the registrar of the judicial court ruling on commercial matters or the registrar of the mixed commercial court within whose jurisdiction the debtor, or the owner of the collateral if he is not the debtor, is principally registered in the register of commerce and companies.
If the debtor, or the owner of the encumbered asset if he is not the debtor, is not required to be registered in the Trade and Companies Register, the entry is made in the register in whose jurisdiction his registered office or, failing that, his principal place of business is located or, if there is neither a registered office nor a principal place of business, his place of business or the address of the company fixed to the residential premises. In the case of a natural person whose guaranteed debt has been contracted on a non-business basis, the entry is made in the register in whose jurisdiction their personal domicile is located.
If several persons are debtors, or owners of the encumbered asset, in respect of the same security or the same transaction, the entry shall be made, at the choice of the applicant, in the register kept by one of the registrars with jurisdiction pursuant to the preceding paragraphs.
In the absence of registration in the register, the debtor shall be deemed to be the owner of the encumbered asset.
If the applicant is not registered in the Trade and Companies Register, does not have its registered office, principal place of business, place where it conducts its business or personal domicile on French territory, the competent registrar is that of the Paris Commercial Court.
For contractual pledges, the registrar may choose to enter the pledge in the register kept by one of the competent registrars in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.
For conventional pledges of company shares, the competent court registrar is the one in whose jurisdiction the company whose shares are pledged is registered.