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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Summons to registered creditors

Article R322-6

No later than the fifth working day following delivery of the summons to the debtor, the summons to pay in the form of a seizure is notified to the creditors registered on the day of publication of th…

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Paragraph 2: Summons to registered creditors

Article R322-8

…indicated on the registration forms. It may be made to the heirs collectively, without designation of their respective names and capacities, at their elected domicile or, failing that, at the domicil…

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Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-22

…ursuing creditor may, at any time, summon the debtor before the court to declare his failure to act and order the resumption of the forced sale procedure. If the proceedings are resumed after the orie…

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Paragraph 1: Advertising under ordinary law

Article R322-32

…R. 322-31 and at the request of the pursuing creditor, a simplified notice is affixed at the entrance or, fail…

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Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-4

Seizure may also be carried out with an authorised intermediary in respect of all securities registered in an account in the debtor's name.

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Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-7

On pain of inadmissibility, the dispute shall be notified on the same day or, at the latest, on the first working day thereafter, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the bailiff w…

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Article R251-3

The draft allocation shall be drawn up within one month of the date of the compulsory sale. In the event of an amicable sale, this period shall run from the date of [payment] of the price.

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Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-13

Creditors who have registered their security interest in the property after publication of the summons to pay serving as a seizure order but before publication of the sale, intervene in the proceeding…

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Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-25

At the hearing where the case is recalled, the judge ensures that the deed of sale complies with the conditions he has set, and that the price has been deposited. He will not record the sale until the…

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Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R322-29

If the compulsory sale is adjourned to a later hearing, it will be advertised again in the same way and within the same timeframe as the first compulsory sale.

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