By Charlotte GAUCHON
20 April 2025
The Macron Law shook up the French legal world in 2015. Among its upheavals was the birth of a new profession. Since 1 July 2022, bailiffs and auctioneers have merged. Their heir? The judicial commissioner. This transformation is changing access to legal services for all litigants. The genesis of a new profession The creation of the judicial commissioner is the result of a process of reflection initiated in 2009 by the Darrois Commission. The commission had identified a problem: the confusion felt by litigants when faced with the multiplicity of jurisdictions between bailiffs, auctioneers and court-appointed agents. Article 61 of Law no. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 for growth, activity and equal economic opportunity (known as the «Macron Law») made this merger a reality. However, the legislator opted for a gradual transition: Order no. 2016-728 of 2 June 2016 set the date for the merger of the two professions at 1 July 2022...
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