French Commercial code
In forceI.- The following persons are eligible for election to the office of judge of a commercial court:
1° Who are registered on the electoral rolls of the chambers of commerce and industry or the chambers of trades and crafts drawn up within the jurisdiction of the commercial court or within the jurisdiction of neighbouring commercial courts;
2° Who meet the nationality condition provided for in Article L. 2 of the Electoral Code;
2° bis Who have not been convicted of a criminal offence for acts contrary to honour, probity or public decency;
3° In respect of whom safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings are not in progress on polling day;
4° Who, in the case of the persons mentioned in 1° or 2° of II of Article L. 713-1 of this code, do not belong to a company or public establishment in respect of which safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings are in progress on polling day;
4° bis Who have not been subject to the penalties provided for in Title V of Book VI or by equivalent foreign legislation where they lead to or result in a ban on exercising a commercial or industrial profession, directing, administering, managing or controlling in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for their own account or for the account of others, a commercial or industrial business or a commercial company;
4° ter Who are not subject to a prohibition, in accordance with the terms of Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, from exercising a commercial or industrial profession, from directing, administering, managing or controlling in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, on their own behalf or on behalf of others, a commercial or industrial undertaking or a commercial company, or to a penalty imposed under equivalent foreign legislation;
5° And who can prove either that they have been registered for at least five years in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector, or that they have exercised, for a cumulative total of five years, one of the capacities listed in the I of article L. 713-3 of this code or of one of the professions listed in d of 1° of II of article L. 713-1.
II. - The following are also eligible, if they are at least thirty years old and meet the conditions set out in 2° to 5° of I of this article:
1° Serving members of the commercial courts and former members of these courts who have served as a commercial court judge for at least six years and have not been deemed to have resigned. When these persons stand as candidates in a court that does not border on the court in which they were elected, they must be domiciled or have a residence within the jurisdiction of the court in which they are standing as candidates or within the jurisdiction of the bordering courts;
2° Executives who carry out duties involving commercial, technical or administrative management responsibilities within companies or establishments listed in the national register of companies as a company or establishment in the trades and crafts sector or mentioned in II of article L. 713-1 located within the jurisdiction of the commercial court or within the jurisdiction of neighbouring courts. Candidates must be employed in one of these jurisdictions.
