Article R743-139-11 of the French Commercial code
Within one month of his appointment, the salaried clerk shall take the oath provided for in Article R. 742-31. He may only perform his duties from the day on which he takes his oath. Any salaried registrar who has not taken his oath within one month of the publication of the order provided for in Article R. 743-139-7 is deemed, except in cases of force majeure, to have renounced his…