EFFICIENCY OF PROCESS
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has two district courts
("Tribunal d'arrondissement"), one for the
Diekirch district and one for the Luxembourg district. The New Code
of Civil Procedure, "Nouveau Code de Procédure
Civile" ("NCPC") encompasses most
of the rules that apply to the proceedings before the courts.
Commercial disputes are usually brought before the district court.
The lower court ("Justice de Paix") can also
deal with commercial matters, but only for smaller disputes
estimated to be below €10,000 (article 3 NCPC).
Commercial proceedings:
there are no specifi c courts for commercial matters. Special
chambers of the district court, usually called the "commercial
court", deal with commercial matters and apply specifi c rules
of procedure. Indeed, articles 547 et seq. of the NCPC and articles
642 et seq. of the Commercial Code provide the rules for the
district court dealing with commercial matters. Before the lower
court or the district
