Code De Commerce

Code De Commerce in Maritime Law

Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.

The following is a definition of Code De Commerce, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: The French Commercial Code, promulgated by Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte in 1807. Book II dealt with maritime law. See Tetley, M.L.C., 2 Ed., 1998 at p. 25. A new Code de commerce was enacted in France as a schedule to Ordonnance no 2000-912 du 18 septembre 2000 relative à la partie Législative du code de commerce (J.O. September 21, 2000, p. 14,783). Ordonnance 2000-912 was adopted pursuant to Law No. 99-1071 of December 16, 1999 (J.O. December 22, 1999, p. 10,090), which authorized the French Government to adopt the legislative parts of certain codes by ordonnance. The new Code de commerce was among the codes contemplated by that enabling legislation (see art. 1(4) of Law No. 99-1071). For the text of the new Code of Commerce on-line, see https://https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnCode?commun=&code=CCOMMERL.rcv. The Code de commerce 2000 does not govern maritime law, although certain of its provisions (e.g. the provisions on commissionnaires de transport (arts. L-132-4 to L.132-6) are relevant to the carriage of goods by water involving freight forwarders.

Code De Commerce in Admiralty Law

For information on code de commerce in this context, see the entry on code de commerce in the maritime law encyclopedia.