French Commercial code
In forceAny person having access to a document or to the content of a document considered by the judge to be covered or likely to be covered by business secrecy shall be bound by an obligation of confidentiality prohibiting any use or disclosure of the information contained therein.
In the case of a legal person, the obligation provided for in the first paragraph of this article applies to its legal or statutory representatives and to the persons who represent it before the court.
The persons who have access to the document or its contents are not bound by this obligation either in their relations with each other or with regard to the legal or statutory representatives of the legal person that is a party to the proceedings.
Persons authorised to assist or represent the parties are not bound by this confidentiality obligation with regard to the parties, except in the case provided for in 1° of Article L. 153-1.
The obligation of confidentiality continues once the proceedings have ended. However, it terminates if a court decides, in a decision not subject to appeal, that there is no business secret or if the information in question has in the meantime ceased to constitute a business secret or has become easily accessible.
