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Article L611-2-1 of the French Commercial code

The provisions of I of Article L. 611-2 are applicable, under the same conditions, to private legal entities and to natural persons exercising an agricultural or independent professional activity, including a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected. For the application of this article, the judicial court shall have jurisdiction and its president shall exercise the same powers as those conferred on the president of the commercial court.

By way of exception, where the natural person or legal entity concerned practises the profession of lawyer, court-appointed administrator, court-appointed agent or public or ministerial officer, the president of the judicial court shall only proceed to inform the professional body or competent authority to which the professional person is subject of any difficulties brought to its attention relating to the economic, social, financial and asset situation of the professional person.

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Article L611-2-1

Les dispositions du I de l’article L. 611-2 sont applicables, dans les mêmes conditions, aux personnes morales de droit privé et aux personnes physiques exerçant une activité professionnelle agricole ou indépendante, y compris une profession libérale soumise à un statut législatif ou réglementaire ou dont le titre est protégé. Pour l’application du présent article, le tribunal judiciaire est compétent et son président exerce les mêmes pouvoirs que ceux conférés au président du tribunal de commerce.

Par exception, lorsque la personne physique ou morale concernée exerce la profession d’avocat, d’administrateur judiciaire, de mandataire judiciaire ou d’officier public ou ministériel, le président du tribunal judiciaire ne procède qu’à l’information de l’ordre professionnel ou de l’autorité compétente dont elle relève, sur les difficultés portées à sa connaissance relativement à la situation économique, sociale, financière et patrimoniale du professionnel.

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