Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

The following funds held by the clerks of the commercial courts on behalf of third parties, for the performance of their duties or mandates received, shall be deposited in a specially allocated deposit account opened with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations: 1° Provisions for judicial expert appraisals; 2° Escrows allocated to the clerks of the commercial courts; 3° Sums received pursuant to the article L. 3253-15 of the Labour…

The only movements authorised on the custody accounts mentioned in article R. 743-178 are: – on entry, the sums received by the clerks of the commercial courts on behalf of third parties, pursuant to article R. 743-178, as well as, where applicable, the sums received from the liquidation of the financial investments made under the escrow assignments entrusted to them; – on the outgoing side, the sums drawn down and…

At any time, the total sums for which the Registrar of the Commercial Courts is accountable in respect of assignments carried out and mandates received pursuant to Article R. 743-178 must be covered by funds, bills or securities belonging to others that have been deposited either in the accounts mentioned in article R. 743-178, or a financial investment as provided for in article R. 743-179. Compensation may only occur, unless…

As part of a special set of accounts kept in their books, the registrars of the commercial courts open, for mandates received, an account which records all movements concerning these mandates as well as the transactions related to these movements. To this end, they keep at least a general journal, a general ledger, a general balance and a register of deeds, which must be able to be printed on first…

A joint order of the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Justice specifies the procedures for movements on the deposit accounts referred to in Article R. 743-178, the conditions for remunerating the sums deposited in these accounts and the content of a standard agreement defining the relationship between the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and the clerks of the commercial courts.