No person may be entitled to practise the profession of commercial court clerk unless he or she meets the following conditions: 1° Be French or a national of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area; 2° (Repealed) 3° Not have been the subject of a criminal conviction for acts contrary to honour, probity or morality; 4° Have…
The diploma and traineeship conditions provided for in 6° and 8° of Article R. 742-1 are waived for persons who have held positions of responsibility in a commercial court registry for at least ten years, involving delegation of all or part of the powers of the office holder. The probationary period provided for in 8° of article R. 742-1 is waived for persons who can provide proof of ten years’…
The following are exempt from the diploma requirement provided for in 6° of Article R. 742-1 : 1° Former judges governed by the ordonnance n° 58-1270 du 22 décembre 1958 portant loi organique relative au statut de la magistrature ; 2° Former lawyers previously entered on the roll, former avoués près les cours d’appel and former avocats à la Cour de cassation et au Conseil d’Etat having served for at…
Commercial court clerks may be appointed without fulfilling the diploma or traineeship conditions provided for respectively in 6° and 8° of article R. 742-1 persons who have successfully completed a post-secondary course of study of at least three years’ duration, or of an equivalent duration on a part-time basis at a university or higher education establishment or at another establishment with an equivalent level of training and, where applicable, the…
Interpreter brokers and ship’s drivers benefiting from the provisions set out in article 5 of Law no. 2001-43 of 16 January 2001 containing various provisions adapting to Community law in the field of transport may be exempted, by decision of the Minister for Justice, after consulting the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce, from part of the training period provided for in 8° of article R. 742-1, up…
Candidates for the competition for access to the profession of commercial court clerk may be persons who meet the conditions mentioned in 1° to 6° of Article R. 742-1. The competition is held once a year. The number of places offered each year is set by order of the Minister of Justice, having regard to the number of people on the list of suitable candidates provided for in Article R….
The competitive examination for access to the profession of commercial court clerk is held before a national jury, which chooses the subject of the tests. The jury is made up of two magistrates from the judiciary and a commercial court clerk, either in active service or honorary. The chair is held by the most senior magistrate in the highest grade. The chair and members of the examination panel are appointed…
The training course in the profession of commercial court clerk is reserved for successful candidates in the competitive entrance examination for the profession of commercial court clerk.
The duration of the traineeship is one year. It is reduced to three months for the persons mentioned in article R. 742-3.
The traineeship is completed with the clerk of a commercial court. The Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce draws up each year, in agreement with the clerks of the commercial courts, a list of proposed traineeships comprising at least as many proposals as places offered in the competition. These proposals specify the location of the traineeship as well as the dates or periods on which it begins and…
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