The president, vice-president, presidents of chambers and judges in office or honorary judges of the commercial courts may not refer to their status without specifying the commercial court where they hold or have held office; they may not mention it in advertising or commercial correspondence.
The declaration of interests of commercial court judges referred to in I of article L. 722-21 includes the following information: 1° Identification of the declarant: a) The surname, first name and date of birth of the declarant; b) The postal address, e-mail address and telephone contact details of the declarant; c) The duties in respect of which the declarant is making the declaration and the date on which these duties…
The declaration of interests and, where applicable, the supplementary declaration(s) shall be submitted by the interested party to the authorities mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 722-21 in a sealed double envelope marked confidential. The authority to which the declaration is addressed shall acknowledge receipt thereof. .
After the ethics interview provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 722-21, the judge has a period of eight days to amend, if necessary, his declaration of interests and to forward it in the form provided for in article R. 722-23.
The authority to which the declaration was submitted is responsible for keeping this declaration and any additional declarations. These declarations are kept in a sealed double envelope. The outer envelope shall be marked as confidential and with the words “Declaration of interests” followed by the surname and first name of the judge. The inner envelope is marked in the same way, together with a slip indicating the names of the…
The declaration of interests may be consulted by the judge concerned as well as by the authority to which the declaration was submitted. The confidentiality of these declarations does not prevent them from being communicated to the Commission nationale de discipline des juges des tribunaux de commerce (National Disciplinary Commission for Commercial Court Judges) and to the Garde des sceaux, Minister of Justice, when disciplinary proceedings are initiated.
The declaration of interests and any updates thereto shall be kept for a period of five years from the end of the duties for which they were submitted, at which time they shall be destroyed, with due regard for the confidentiality of the information contained therein. However, in the event of disciplinary or criminal proceedings based on a breach relating to the information contained in the declaration of interests or…
The initial training obligation provided for in Article L. 722-17 applies to elected commercial court judges who have never held office or who did not fulfil the said training obligation during their previous term of office. .
The period provided for in Article L. 722-17 is set at twenty months from the first day of the month following the election of the commercial court judge.
The failure to fulfil the training obligation provided for in article L. 722-17 and the date of cessation of duties are recorded by the first president of the court of appeal. The first president of the court of appeal immediately informs the commercial court judge concerned. He shall also inform the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal, and the president and…
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