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{{for|the 1933 film|Commissionaire (film){{!}}''Comissionare'' (film)}}
In mainland [[Europe]], a '''commissionaire''' is an attendant, messenger or subordinate employed in hotels, whose chief duty is to attend at railway stations, secure customers, take charge of their luggage, carry out the necessary formalities with respect to it and have it sent on to the hotel. They are also employed in Paris as street messengers, light porters, etc.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Commissionaire|volume=6|page=775}}</ref>

In [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries, a commissionaire may refer to an employee of a [[Corps of Commissionaires]] who carries out security or reception duties.

==Law and taxation==
In European civil law jurisdictions (e.g., France, Germany), a commissionaire is a person who acts in his or her own name for the account of a [[principal (commercial law)|principal]]. The principal is contractually bound to deliver (through the commissionaire) the goods sold to the customer; the commissionaire is contractually bound to the principal to remit the price received to the principal. In addition, the commissionaire is contractually bound to the customer to deliver the goods sold on the terms agreed. No relationship is created between the customer and the principal. The commissionaire is remunerated by commission, and paid by the principal.  The commissionaire does not take title to the goods.

A civil law commissionaire arrangement creates [[Law of agency|agency]] in common law countries, such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the [[United States]].

For tax purposes in civil law jurisdictions, a commissionaire is not generally viewed as a dependent agent by virtue of the commissionaire status.  Thus, the activities and place of business of a commissionaire are not attributed to the principal.  Use of a commissionaire arrangement has historically been considered to prevent a seller of goods (the principal) from having a [[permanent establishment]] in the commissionaire's country if the principal has no other presence in that country.  However, this view was unsuccessfully challenged by tax authorities in France, Norway and Italy.<ref>Though the French Administrative Court of Appeal in Paris held in ''Zimmer Ltd'' on 2 February 2007 that the French commissionaire of the UK principal constituted a French permanent establishment of that company, on 31 March 2010, the Conseil d'Etat, held in cases no. 304715 and 308525 that Zimmer SAS did not create a permanent establishment for Zimmer Ltd. under the commissionaire agreement.  The Oslo, Norway administrative court (a first level court) found similarly on 16 December 2009, but the decision was overturned by the Supreme Court of Norway (Dell Products vs. Staten v/Skatt øst, Norges Høyesterett, HR-2011-2245-A (sak nr. 2011/755), 2 December 2011). In March 2012 the Italian Supreme court also found that a commissionaire under civil Law does not constitute a Permanent Establishment for tax purposes (Boston Scientific, Corte di Cassazione, Mar. 9, 2012 (hearing of Feb. 29, 2012), Tax Chamber, Section V, Case No. 3769).</ref>

== In popular culture ==
Commissionaire Peterson is a character in the 1892 [[Sherlock Holmes]] short story "[[The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle]]."

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923195229/http://the-corps.co.uk/ Corps of Commissionaires (UK)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060821160241/http://www.thecorps.com.au/ Corps of Commissionaires (Australia)]
* [http://www.commissionaires.ca Commissionaires (Canada)]
* [http://commissionnairesquebec.ca Commissionaires du Québec (Québec)]
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