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Article L722-18 of the French Commercial code

Commercial court judges shall perform their duties with complete independence, dignity, impartiality, integrity and probity and shall behave in such a way as to prevent any legitimate doubt in this respect. Commercial court judges are prohibited from any demonstration of hostility to the principle or form of government of the Republic, as well as any demonstration of a political nature incompatible with the reserve imposed on them by their duties….

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Article L722-19 of the French Commercial code

In addition to the rules laid down by the Criminal Code and special laws, commercial court judges are protected against threats and attacks of any nature whatsoever to which they may be subject in the course of or in connection with the performance of their duties. The State must compensate the resulting direct damage. A decree in the Council of State specifies the conditions and limits for the State to…

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Article L722-20 of the French Commercial code

Commercial court judges shall take care to prevent or immediately put an end to situations of conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is any situation of interference between a public interest and public or private interests which is likely to influence or appear to influence the independent, impartial and objective exercise of a function. Commercial court judges shall take care to prevent or immediately put an end to situations…

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Article L722-21 of the French Commercial code

I. – Within two months of taking up their duties, the judges of the commercial courts shall submit a complete, accurate and sincere declaration of their interests: 1° To the president of the court, for the judges of the commercial courts; 2° To the first president of the court of appeal, for the presidents of the commercial courts within the jurisdiction of that court. The declaration of interests shall mention…

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Article L723-1 of the French Commercial code

The judges of a commercial court are elected within the jurisdiction of the court by a college composed of: 1° Elected members of the chambers of commerce and industry and the chambers of trade and craft within the jurisdiction of the court, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat; 2° Judges of the commercial court as well as former members of the court, provided, in the case…

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Article L723-3 of the French Commercial code

The electoral list for elections to the commercial courts is drawn up by a commission chaired by the judge responsible for supervising the trade and companies register. In the event of the creation of a commercial court, the first president of the court of appeal appoints an honorary magistrate of the judiciary as president of the commission. The provisions of article L. 20 of the electoral code are applicable in…

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Article L723-4 of the French Commercial code

I.- The following persons are eligible for election to the office of judge of a commercial court: 1° Who are registered on the electoral rolls of the chambers of commerce and industry or the chambers of trades and crafts drawn up within the jurisdiction of the commercial court or within the jurisdiction of neighbouring commercial courts; 2° Who meet the nationality condition provided for in Article L. 2 of the…

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Article L723-7 of the French Commercial code

Commercial court judges elected for five terms in the same commercial court are no longer eligible for election in that court. Commercial court judges may not serve beyond the calendar year in which they reach the age of seventy-five. .

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Article L723-9 of the French Commercial code

Each elector is entitled to only one vote within the jurisdiction of the same commercial court. The right to vote may be exercised by post or by electronic means. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, one or more additional votes may be allocated to the electors mentioned in 1° of article L. 723-1 depending on whether they are elected to a chamber of commerce and industry or to a chamber of trade…

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