French Commercial code
In forceWhen the confiscation of a business is ordered by a criminal court pursuant to the articles 225-16, 225-19 and 225-22 of the criminal code and 706-39 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the State must proceed with the sale of the confiscated assets in accordance with the forms set out in this Title within one year, unless this period is exceptionally extended by order of the president of the judicial court. He shall be liable to the creditors only up to the amount of the sale price of this business.
This sale must be carried out in the form of a legal announcement made at least forty-five days before the sale, whether the sale takes place by auction or out of court.
Securities registered after the date of the mention of the commencement of proceedings for one of the offences referred to in the first paragraph are automatically null and void unless the court decides otherwise.
The administrative authority may, at any time, request that the rent be fixed at a rate corresponding to the rental value of the premises.
Where the owner of the confiscated business is at the same time the owner of the premises in which the business is operated, a lease must be drawn up, the terms of which shall be fixed, in the absence of an amicable agreement, by the president of the judicial court, who shall rule in the forms provided for leases of buildings or premises for commercial, industrial or craft use.
