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Article L721-8 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

Specifically designated commercial courts hear, where the debtor is engaged in a commercial or craft activity: 1° Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings referred to in Book VI, where the debtor is: a) A company with 250 or more employees and net sales of at least €20 million; b) A company with net sales of at least €40 million; c) A company that owns or controls another company, within the…

Article L722-1 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

Except in the case of provisions providing for a single judge, the judgments of the commercial courts are handed down by judges ruling in collegial formation.

Article L722-2 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

Where the Commercial Court rules in matters of safeguarding, judicial recovery or liquidation, judicial settlement or liquidation of assets, the panel of judges shall include, subject to the application of the provisions of article L. 722-15, a majority of judges who have held judicial office for more than two years.

Article L722-3 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

The panel of judges is presided over by the president of the commercial court or by a judge of that court who has held judicial office for at least three years, subject to the application of the provisions of article L. 722-15.

Article L722-3-1 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

The President of the Commercial Court hears, within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court, applications made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure.

Article L722-4 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

When a commercial court cannot be constituted or rule, the court of appeal, seised at the request of the public prosecutor, shall designate, if the provisions of Articles L. 722-13 and L. 722-15, the judicial court located within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal called upon to hear the cases entered on the roll of the commercial court and those subsequently referred to it. If the referral results from…

Article L722-5 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

When the impediment that gave rise to the transfer has ceased, the Court of Appeal, at the request of the Public Prosecutor, sets the date from which the Commercial Court will again hear the cases within its jurisdiction. On that date, the cases are transferred as they stand to the Commercial Court. However, the referring court continues to hear conciliation cases and, where a decision is taken on the merits,…

Article L722-6 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

Subject to the provisions relating to supplementary elections set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 723-11, judges of the commercial courts are elected for two years at the time of their first election. After a first term, they may be re-elected for a period of four years, in the same court or in any other commercial court. When the term of office of commercial court judges expires before…

Article L722-6-1 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

The office of commercial court judge is incompatible with the exercise of an office of labour councillor, an office of president of a public establishment in the network of chambers of commerce and industry or the network of chambers of trade and crafts or another office of commercial court judge. Commercial court judges may neither exercise the professions of lawyer, notary, bailiff, auctioneer, commercial court clerk, court administrator and judicial…

Article L722-6-2 of the French Commercial code

November 7, 2023

The office of commercial court judge is incompatible with holding office as a representative in the European Parliament. It is also incompatible with holding office as a regional councillor, departmental councillor, municipal councillor, arrondissement councillor, Paris councillor, Lyon metropolitan councillor, councillor to the Corsican Assembly, councillor to the Guiana Assembly or councillor to the Martinique Assembly, within the jurisdiction of the court in which the person concerned holds office.

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French Commercial code

Article L721-8 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-1 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-2 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-3 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-3-1 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-4 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-5 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-6 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-6-1 of the French Commercial code

Article L722-6-2 of the French Commercial code

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