In the event of a change in the jurisdiction of two or more commercial courts and subject to the provisions of articles R. 743-162 to R. 743-177, the clerk of the court previously having jurisdiction retains the minutes, registers, deeds, documents and papers filed at its registry prior to the change in jurisdiction. He alone has the authority to issue a copy or extract thereof, mentioning the date of the…
Until the expiry of the legal time limit for communication to third parties, when the registrar of the court now having jurisdiction issues copies or extracts of minutes, registers, deeds, documents and papers concerning natural or legal persons whose domicile or registered office is situated in cantons, communes or sections of communes previously included in the jurisdiction of another court, he shall mention on these copies or extracts the court…
If a commercial court is abolished, the minutes, registers, deeds, exhibits and documents filed at the registry of the abolished court shall be transferred to the registry of the commercial court or courts now having jurisdiction. The costs of the transfer shall be borne by the State.
The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars is made up of members elected by the commercial court registrars. In each court of appeal, the commercial court registrars elect a member of the National Council when the number of registrars practising within the jurisdiction of that court exceeds five. Otherwise, the member of the National Council is elected by a panel made up of the clerks of the court of appeal…
Each natural person practising as a commercial court clerk in active employment is an elector and eligible as soon as he or she takes the oath. They cease to be so in the event of dismissal or resignation.
The organisation of the elections is entrusted to the office of the National Council which, before 15 September, sets the date for the opening of the ballot in the second fortnight of November preceding the date of the partial renewal of the National Council and ensures that it is publicised. As soon as this date has been set, the President shall notify the electors of the date and procedures for…
Candidate declarations shall be delivered against receipt, or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, no later than one month before the date on which the ballot opens, to the Chairman of the National Council. No later than fifteen days before the opening date of the ballot, the president shall send to each voter and for each candidate a ballot paper containing the surname and first name of the…
The election of members of the National Council shall be by first-past-the-post ballot. Voting shall be by postal ballot. Ballots must reach the Chairman of the National Council within ten days of the date on which the ballot opens; at the end of this period, the ballot is closed. Each ballot paper shall be sent in a double envelope; the inner envelope, which contains the ballot paper, must be closed…
The candidates obtaining the highest number of votes for each seat shall be declared elected. In the event of a tie between several candidates obtaining the highest number of votes, the oldest shall be declared elected.
Any commercial court clerk may refer the election of the members of the National Council to the Paris Court of Appeal within ten days of the proclamation of the results. The appeal shall be lodged with the chief clerk of the court of appeal against a receipt or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt; it shall be investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to proceedings…
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