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Article Annexe 6-2

French Commercial codeIn force

Updated 4 Nov 2023

Jurisdictions with jurisdiction by department in mainland France to hear, pursuant to article L. 610-1,
proceedings applicable to persons who are neither traders nor artisans

DEPARTEMENT

JURISDICTION

RESSORT

Ain

Tribunal judiciaire de Bourg-en-Bresse

The department

Aisne

Tribunal judiciaire de Laon

Ressort of the tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Quentin

Dismissal of the judicial court

Soissons judicial court

Ressort of the judicial court

Allier

Cusset judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire de Montluçon

Tribunal judiciaire de Montluçon

Tribunal judiciaire de Moulins

Tribunal judiciaire de Moulins

Tribunal judiciaire de Moulins

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Tribunal judiciaire de Digne-les-Bains

The department

Alpes (Hautes-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Gap

The department

Alpes-Maritimes

Tribunal judiciaire de Grasse

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Nice

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire judiciaire

Ardèche

Tribunal judiciaire de Privas

Le département

Ardennes

Tribunal judiciaire de Charleville-Mézières

The department

Ariège

Tribunal judiciaire de Foix

The department

Aube

Tribunal judiciaire de Troyes

The department

Aude

Tribunal judiciaire court of Carcassonne

Dismissal of the judicial court

Dismissal of the judicial court of Narbonne

Dismissal of the judicial court judiciaire

Aveyron

Tribunal judiciaire de Rodez

Le département

Bouches-du-Rhône

Tribunal judiciaire d'Aix-en-Provence

Ressort of the judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire de Marseille

Ressort of the judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire court of Tarascon

Overruling court of Tarascon

Calvados

Overruling court of Caen

Overruling court of Caen

Overruling court of Caen

Tribunal judiciaire de Lisieux

Ressort of the tribunal judiciaire

Cantal

Tribunal judiciaire d'Aurillac

The department

Charente

Tribunal judiciaire d'Angoulême

The department

Charente-Maritime

Tribunal judiciaire de la Rochelle

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saintes

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire judiciaire

Cher

Tribunal judiciaire de Bourges

Le département

Corrèze

Tribunal judiciaire de Brive-la-Gaillarde

Resort of the judicial court

Tulle judicial court

Resort of the judicial court

Corse-du-Sud

Tribunal judiciaire d'Ajaccio

The department

Corse (Haute-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Bastia

The department

Côte-d'Or

Tribunal judiciaire de Dijon

The department

Côtes-d'Armor

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Brieuc

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint- Brieuc

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint- Brieuc

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint- Brieuc

Tribunal judiciaire de Guéret

The département

Dordogne

Tribunal judiciaire de Bergerac

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Périgueux

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Doubs

Tribunal judiciaire de Besançon

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Montbéliard

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Drôme

Tribunal judiciaire de Valence

The département

Essonne

Tribunal judiciaire d'Evry

The département with the exception of the Paris-Orly airfield

Eure

Evreux judicial court

The department

Eure-et-Loir

Court of Chartres

The department

Finistère

Tribunal judiciaire de Brest

Tribunal judiciaire de Brest

Tribunal judiciaire de Quimper

Tribunal judiciaire de Quimper

Tribunal judiciaire de Quimper

Tribunal judiciaire de Quimper of the judicial court

Gard

Tribunal judiciaire d'Alès

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Nîmes

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Garonne (Haute-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Toulouse

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Gaudens

Outgoing judicial court

Gers

Auch judicial court

The department, with the exception of the Aire-sur-l'Adour

Gironde

Bordeaux judicial court

Resort of the Bordeaux judicial court

Resort of the Bordeaux judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire de Libourne

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Hérault

Tribunal judiciaire de Béziers

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Montpellier

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Ille-et-Vilaine

Tribunal judiciaire de Rennes

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Malo

Outgoing judicial court

Indre

Châteauroux judicial court

The department

Indre-et-Loire

Tour judicial court of Tours

The department

Isère

Judicial court of Bourgoin-Jallieu

Tribunal judiciaire de Bourgoin- Jallieu

Tribunal judiciaire de Grenoble

Tribunal judiciaire de Grenoble

Tribunal judiciaire de Vienne

Dismissal of the tribunal judiciaire

Jura

Tribunal judiciaire de Lons-le-Saunier

Le département

Landes

Tribunal judiciaire de Dax

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Mont-de-Marsan

The department

Loir-et-Cher

Tribunal judiciaire de Blois

Le département

Loire

Tribunal judiciaire de Roanne

Ressort of the tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Etienne

Ressort of the judicial court

Loire (Haute-)

Tribunal judiciaire du Puy-en-Velay

The department

Loire-Atlantique

Tribunal judiciaire de Nantes

Ressort of the tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Nazaire

Dismissal of the judicial court

Loiret

Montargis judicial court

Dismissal of the judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire d'Orléans

Dismissal of the tribunal judiciaire

Lot

Tribunal judiciaire de Cahors

The département

Lot-and-Garonne

Tribunal judiciaire d'Agen

Le département

Lozère

Tribunal judiciaire de Mende

Le département

Maine-and-Loire

Tribunal judiciaire d'Angers

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saumur

Tribunal judiciaire de Saumur

Manche

Tribunal judiciaire de Cherbourg-Octeville

Judicial Court of Coutances

Judicial Court of Coutances

Judicial Court of Coutances

Marne

Judicial Court of Châlons-en-Champagne

Ressort of the judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire de Reims

Ressort of the judicial court

Marne (Haute-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Chaumont

The department

Mayenne

Laval judicial court

The department

Meurthe-et-Moselle

Tribunal judiciaire de Val de Briey

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Nancy

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Meuse

Tribunal judiciaire de Bar-le-Duc

Ressort of the judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire de Verdun

Ressort of the judicial court

Morbihan

Tribunal judiciaire de Lorient

Tribunal judiciaire de Lorient

Tribunal judiciaire de Vannes

Tribunal judiciaire de Vannes

Tribunal judiciaire de Vannes

Moselle

Tribunal judiciaire de Metz

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Sarreguemines

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Thionville

Ressort of the judicial court

Nièvre

Tribunal judiciaire de Nevers

The department

Nord

Tribunal judiciaire d'Avesnes-sur-Helpe

Judicial Court of Cambrai

Judicial Court of Cambrai

Judicial Court of Cambrai

Douai judicial court

Dismissal of the judicial court

Dunkirk judicial court

Dismissal of the judicial court

Dismissal of the judicial court of Lille

Dismissal of the judicial court

Tribunal judiciaire de Valenciennes

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Oise

Tribunal judiciaire de Beauvais

Tribunal judiciaire de Beauvais

Tribunal judiciaire de Compiègne

Tribunal judiciaire de Compiègne

Tribunal judiciaire de Senlis

Ressort of the tribunal judiciaire

Orne

Tribunal judiciaire tribunal d'Alençon

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire d'Argentan

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire judiciaire

Paris

Tribunal judiciaire de Paris

Le département

Pas-de-Calais

Arras court of law

Arras court of law

Béthune court of law

Béthune court of law

Boulogne-sur-Mer

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Saint-Omer

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Puy-de-Dôme

Tribunal judiciaire de Clermont-Ferrand

The department

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Tribunal judiciaire de Bayonne

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Pau

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Pyrénées (Hautes-)

Tarbes judicial court

The department

Pyrénées-Orientales

Perpignan judicial court

The department

Rhin (Bas-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Saverne

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Strasbourg

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Rhin (Haut-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Colmar

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Mulhouse

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire judiciaire

Rhône

Tribunal judiciaire de Lyon

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Villefranche-sur-Saône

Outgoing judicial court

Saône (Haute-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Vesoul

The department

Saône-et-Loire

Tribunal judiciaire de Chalon-sur-Saône

Tribunal judiciaire de Mâcon

Tribunal judiciaire de Mâcon

Tribunal judiciaire de Mâcon

Tribunal judiciaire de Mâcon

Tribunal judiciaire de Mâcon judiciaire

Sarthe

Tribunal judiciaire du Mans

Le département

Savoie

Judicial court of Albertville

Judicial court report

Chambery judicial court

Dismissal of the judicial court

Savoie (Haute-)

Tribunal judiciaire d'Annecy

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Bonneville

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire de Thonon-les-Bains

Ressort of the judicial court

Seine (Hauts-de-)

Tribunal judiciaire Nanterre

The department

Seine-Maritime

Tribunal judiciaire de Dieppe

Ressort du tribunal judiciaire

Tribunal judiciaire du Havre

Ressort of the judicial court

Rouen judicial court

Ressort of the judicial court

Seine-et-Marne

Fontainebleau judicial court

Outgoing judicial court

Meaux judicial court

Outgoing judicial court, with the exception of the Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airfield right of way

Tribunal judiciaire de Melun

Resort of the tribunal judiciaire

Seine-Saint-Denis

Tribunal judiciaire de Bobigny

The département and the airfields of Paris-Le Bourget and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle

Sèvres (Deux-)

Tribunal judiciaire Niort

The department

Somme

Tribunal judiciaire d'Amiens

The department

Tarn

Tribunal judiciaire d'Albi

Tribunal judiciaire de Castres

Tribunal judiciaire de Castres

Tribunal judiciaire de Castres

Tarn-and-Garonne

Tribunal judiciaire de Montauban

The department

Territoire de Belfort

Tribunal judiciaire de Belfort

Le département

Val-de-Marne

Tribunal judiciaire de Créteil

The département and the Paris-Orly airfield right of way

Val-d'Oise

Tribunal judiciaire de Pontoise

The département, with the exception of the Paris-Le Bourget and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airfields

Var

Draguignan judicial court

Resort of the Draguignan judicial judiciaire

Toulon judicial court

Ressort of the judicial court

Vaucluse

Avignon judicial court

Outgoing judicial court

Carpentras judicial Carpentras judicial court

Overrunning of the judicial court

Vendée judicial court

La Roche-sur-Yon

Ressort of the judicial court

Judicial court of Les Sables-d'Olonne

Resort of the judicial court

Vienne

Poitiers judicial court

The department

Vienne (Haute-)

Tribunal judiciaire de Limoges

The department

Vosges

Tribunal judiciaire judiciaire d'Epinal

The department

Yonne f

Tribunal judiciaire d'Auxerre

Judicial Court of Sens

Judicial Court of Sens

Judicial Court of Sens

Yvelines

Tribunal judiciaire de Versailles

The department

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A notary (notaire) is a public officer who authenticates specific deeds (mainly real-estate transfers and certain family-law acts). A corporate lawyer (avocat) advises on strategy, negotiates and drafts company documents, and represents you in disputes. The two roles complement rather than overlap.

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