Bankruptcy Law

According to Article L. 621-2 of the Commercial Code, "the competent court is the Commercial Court if the debtor carries on a commercial or craft activity. The Commercial Court may open safeguard proceedings for the benefit of a single-member limited liability company (EURL), without having to characterize the commercial purpose of the company, since, according to Article L. 210-1 of the Commercia …

Jurisdiction ratione materiae

According to Article L. 621-2 of the Commercial Code, "the competent court is the Commercial Court if the debtor carries on a commercial or craft activity. The Commercial Court may open safeguard proceedings for the benefit of a single-member limited liability company (EURL), without having to characterize the commercial purpose of the company, since, according to Article L. 210-1 of the Commercial Code, the EURL is a commercial company by its form, regardless of its purpose . General partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies are also commercial by their very form.

Article L. 621-2 adds that “[t]he judicial court has jurisdiction in other cases.” The judicial court alone has jurisdiction to hear the opening of insolvency proceedings when a company pursues a strictly civil corporate purpose, such as the construction of buildings with a view to resale , even if its manager is a commercial company that is indefinitely in charge of its liabilities .  It is also the only court competent to rule on the application to open insolvency proceedings against a debtor who carries on a liberal musical teaching activity, even if he is registered in the SIRENE ("Système informatique pour le répertoire des entreprises") register, as long as no commercial or craft activity is characterized .

CA Bordeaux, 15 December 2010, LawLex202100004390JBJ (S).

CA Paris, 23 September 2021, LawLex202100006028JBJ (S).

CA Versailles, 15 October 2009, LawLex202100004392JBJ (RJ).

CA Lyon, 27 March 2014, LawLex202100006046JBJ (LJ).

Bankruptcy Law

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