Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

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…

Initial training lasts eight days and is organised by the Ecole nationale de la magistrature . In particular, it covers lessons relating to judicial organisation, the principles of procedure, the operation of a court, professional ethics, as well as techniques for drafting judgments and conducting a hearing.

At the end of the training, the Ecole nationale de la magistrature will issue the commercial court judge with an individual training certificate, subject to attendance. It will inform the Minister of Justice. The commercial court judge will immediately hand over the individual training certificate to the president of the commercial court.