Tribunal_de_commerce

Tribunal de commerce

Tribunal de commerce

French courts handling commercial cases

In France, the tribunal de commerce (plural tribunaux de commerce, literally "commercial courts") are the oldest courts in the French judicial organization. They were created at the end of the Middle Ages.[1]

Tribunal de commerce de Paris, 2009.

48.8559°N 2.3468°E / 48.8559; 2.3468

The commercial court has jurisdiction over commercial cases: disputes between merchants, disputes over commercial acts, controversies involving commercial corporations, and bankruptcy proceedings.

The judges of the commercial courts are not career judges but elected traders. They are elected for terms of two or four years by an electoral college made up of current and former judges of the commercial courts and traders’ delegates (délégués consulaires), who are themselves traders elected in the area within the jurisdiction of the court.

There are 134 commercial courts in France.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    FRANCE - LAW & PRACTICE
  2. [2]
    Ordinary courts - France
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