Article L811-1 of the French Commercial code
Court-appointed administrators are agents, natural or legal persons, entrusted by court order with administering the assets of others or performing assistance or supervisory functions in the management of those assets. The tasks involved in carrying out their mandate are the personal responsibility of the court-appointed administrators. They may, however, delegate all or part of these tasks to a salaried court-appointed administrator, under their responsibility. They may also, where the smooth…