Commissaires à l’Exécution des Plans

12:48 Aug 12, 2014 

It's wordy, but given the potential ambiguity of their roles, it's probably better to be explicit.
Glad if I managed to help you with getting to your decision. Having the whole text helps, though sometimes I do wonder :)

11:42 Aug 12, 2014 

"So, maybe the doc wants to imply the whole team - judge, administrator and court agent - in which case how about "the safeguard proceedings administration team/group" or to distinguish them from any such team within the administered company "the court appointed safeguard proceedings [administration] team/group"."

Duncan, thanks for all your help. I have the benefit of the whole text as context and it makes clear that the two persons who are in the role of "commissaires" are also the court-appointed administrators in this particular instance, but that being a "commissaire" and being a "court-appointed administrator" are two separate roles for these two persons. On balance, having reviewed all of the helpful comments here and the sources I found, I think I will use "administrator responsible for implementation of the safeguard plans" for "commissaires". This is annoyingly "wordy" but communicates as precisely as I can their role, which I think is key in this context. The document itself makes clear who appointed them so I don't think I need to repeat "court-appointed" here every time I use my chosen phrase, although that might be necessary in other contexts.

11:04 Aug 12, 2014 

Also from one of your other refs: http://uk.practicallaw.com/1-501-6905?service=crossborder

Supervision and control. The judgment opening safeguard proceedings appoints:
An insolvency judge (juge commissaire) who oversees the whole procedure.
An administrator (administrateur) who supervises or assists the management to prepare a safeguard plan (plan de sauvegarde).
A court agent (mandataire judiciaire) who represents the creditors' interests and assesses proofs of claim. This creditors' representative can be assisted by so-called advisers (supervising creditors (créanciers contrôleurs)) appointed by the court.

So, maybe the doc wants to imply the whole team - judge, administrator and court agent - in which case how about "the safeguard proceedings administration team/group" or to distinguish them from any such team within the administered company "the court appointed safeguard proceedings [administration] team/group".

10:52 Aug 12, 2014 

Safeguard proceedings looks to be fine given your references and is better than the notion of administration which is from the UK.

From the ref : http://www.aspaj.fr/?cat=1&r=14
"Le tribunal est libre de désigner soit un Administrateur Judiciaire, soit un Mandataire Judiciaire comme commissaire à l’exécution du plan de redressement)."
So the problem is that the "commissaire" is a court-appointed administrator or the French equivalent of an Official Receiver.
I suppose one way around would be to take the "heavy option" and go for something like:
"the court appointed administrator responsible for safeguard proceedings" to distinguish them from other court appointed administrators..?

Also, about halfway down your ref - http://www.iflr.com/Article/2166556/France-Restructuring-and... - they reference "the safeguard administrator". It might not be the nicest term, but at least there is precedent for it. [post-edited to correct spelling of safeguard from safeguarding in two places]

07:58 Aug 12, 2014 

See, for example, this source authored by expert British / French lawyers:
http://www.iflr.com/Article/2166556/France-Restructuring-and...
Or here:
http://uk.practicallaw.com/1-501-6905?service=crossborder
Or, again, here:
http://www.dentons.com/en/find-your-dentons-team/practices/r...
For safeguard plans, in particular, see here:
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6836d8fe-80c9-...
I'm sticking with it!

04:50 Aug 12, 2014 

… don't call them "safeguard plans". That's a cop-out. The modal translation in respectable EN news reporting on France is "job protection plans". Variants substitute "employment", "preservation", etc.
These plans are not about saving the troubled company so much as reducing job losses.
The 'emploi' part of 'plan de sauvegarde' can go without saying in French because the thing is so common. That doesn't carry over to the EN translation.
OTOH, if the plans are just about protection from creditors, say that instead.