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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-4

Within two months of publication in the property register of the summons to pay (commandement de payer valant saisie), the pursuing creditor summons the distrainee debtor to appear before the enforcem…

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Paragraph 2: The auction process

Article R322-41-1

…ore placing the bids, if the property being seized is a residential property or the business assets of an establishment open to the public and used wholly or partly for accommodation, the lawyer must…

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Paragraph 2: The auction process

Article R322-42

The costs of the proceedings, duly justified by the pursuing creditor and, where applicable, by the higher bidder, are assessed by the judge and publicly announced before the opening of the auction. N…

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Paragraph 2: The auction process

Article R322-45

…indicates to the public each second that has elapsed. The judge immediately establishes the amount of the last bid, which constitutes the winning bid.

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Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-51

On pain of inadmissibility, the higher bid must be made by a lawyer and filed at the registry of the enforcement judge within ten days of the auction. It is equivalent to a request for a higher bid he…

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Paragraph 1: Apprehension in the hands of the person liable to surrender

Article R222-3

The property may also be apprehended immediately, without prior command and on presentation of the writ of execution alone if the person required to surrender it is present and if, on being asked by t…

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Subsection 2: Apprehension on court order

Article R222-11

In the absence of a writ of execution, an application may be made for an injunction to deliver or return a specific item of movable property. The application is made to the enforcement judge in the pl…

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Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-18

The validity of the seizure-claim is subject to the conditions set out in Articles…

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Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-3

…are registered with the authorised intermediary with whom the registration was made. If the holder of registered securities has instructed an authorised intermediary to manage his account, the seizur…

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Section 2: Procedure

Article R311-6

…s otherwise provided, any challenge or incidental claim shall be made by the filing at the Registry of pleadings signed by a lawyer. The communication of pleadings and documents between lawyers is car…

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