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Article R721-20 of the French Commercial code

An ethics committee, attached to the National Council of Commercial Courts, is responsible for promoting the proper application of the ethical principles inherent in the performance of the duties of commercial court judges.
To this end, it is responsible for:

1° Giving opinions on any ethical issue personally concerning a judge of a commercial court, upon referral by the latter, the presidents of the commercial courts or the first presidents of the courts of appeal;

2° Issuing recommendations likely to enlighten the judges of the commercial courts on the ethical obligations and good practices that apply to them in the exercise of their activities.

The College of Ethics shall make public, in anonymous form, the opinions and recommendations that it deems likely to enlighten all commercial court judges.

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Article R721-20

Un collège de déontologie, placé auprès du Conseil national des tribunaux de commerce, est chargé de favoriser la bonne application des principes déontologiques inhérents à l’exercice des fonctions des juges des tribunaux de commerce.

Il lui appartient, à ce titre :


1° De donner des avis sur toute question déontologique concernant personnellement un juge d’un tribunal de commerce, sur saisine de celui-ci, des présidents des tribunaux de commerce ou des premiers présidents des cours d’appel ;


2° D’émettre des recommandations de nature à éclairer les juges des tribunaux de commerce sur les obligations déontologiques et les bonnes pratiques qui s’appliquent à eux dans l’exercice de leurs activités.


Le collège de déontologie rend publics, sous forme anonyme, les avis et recommandations qu’il estime de nature à éclairer l’ensemble des juges des tribunaux de commerce.

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