Chapter I: The institution and its missions.

The clerks of the commercial courts are public and ministerial officers. They cease to hold office when they reach the age of seventy. With the authorisation of the Minister of Justice, they may continue to perform their duties until the day on which their successor takes the oath, for a period that may not exceed twelve months. .

The profession of commercial court clerk is represented before the public authorities by a National Council of Commercial Court Clerks, which has legal personality and is responsible for defending its collective interests. The National Council may, before all courts, exercise all the rights reserved to civil parties in relation to acts that are directly or indirectly prejudicial to the collective interests of the profession. The methods of election and operation…