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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-12

…e debtor's economic and social situation, verifies the claims and assesses the assets and liabilities.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-16

…r, failing that, organise a forced sale under the conditions relating to civil enforcement procedures.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-13

The judge shall rule on any disputed claims.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-14

The judge shall order the judicial liquidation of the debtor's assets, excluding the unseizable assets listed in

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-18

…ts and pay the creditors according to the ranking of the security interests attaching to their claims.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-17

…by the seizing creditor are deemed to have been performed on behalf of the liquidator who proceeds with the sale of the immovable property. The seizure of immovable property may resume at the stage a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-11

Within two months of the publication of the opening judgment made under the conditions provided for in article R. 742-9, creditors shall declare their claims to the mandatary or, in the absence of a m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-17

…provisions of Article R. 742-16. It pronounces the liquidation or closure due to insufficient assets. It may draw up the plan provided for in article L. 742-24.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-14

Where the claims have been declared in the hands of the trustee, the trustee shall, within six months of the publication of the opening judgment, draw up the debtor's economic and social balance sheet…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-16

The debtor and the creditors shall send to the court registry, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, fifteen days before the hearing, any disputes relating to the statement of claims t…

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