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Finance & taxation
Insolvenzgericht → TGI + Tribunal de commerce
Privatinsolvenz, Restschuldbefreiung
1 → 2 split
In DR Congo
Collective insolvency procedures exist for businesses under the regional uniform act, but there is no equivalent discharge for a private individual — personal debt is not written off by a court after a fixed period.
1 → 2 split
Who does what
Tribunal de Grande Instance (Regional court)Commercial litigation · Civil litigation (first instance)
Tribunal de commerce (Commercial court)Commercial litigation · Personal insolvency
Main similarities
- Personal insolvency
Main differences
- Civil litigation (first instance) → Amtsgericht, Landgericht
- Commercial litigation → Kammer für Handelssachen, Landgericht
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01 · Personal insolvencyInsolvenzgericht → Tribunal de commercePartial
Reaches traders and the independently self-employed only. An employee with unpayable debts has no procedure at all, where German consumer insolvency is open to anyone and ends in discharge of the remaining debt.
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