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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R311-9

The registered creditors and the creditors listed in article 2377 and in 3° of article 2402 may, as from the publication of the summons for seizure and at any time during the proceedings, request the…

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Subsection 2: Shareholder rights and securities not admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article R233-9

The legal and contractual procedures for approval, pre-emption or substitution are implemented in accordance with the provisions specific to each of them.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-9

If the vehicle has been immobilised in the absence of the debtor, the bailiff shall inform the debtor of this on the same day as the immobilisation, by simple letter addressed to or deposited at the d…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article R322-9

Mention of the issue of the summons and the notices is made in the margin of the copy of the summons to pay for the seizure published in the real estate register within eight days of the last summons…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Apprehension in the hands of a third party

Article R222-9

The property may be seized only on presentation of the enforcement judge's decision ordering the property to be handed over to the claimant and a special authorisation issued by the judge on applicati…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Seizure of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R224-9

The debtor regains free access to the safe on the day the goods are removed.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R251-9

…he time limits provided for in articles…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-9

The notifications and summonses to which this chapter gives rise shall be made in accordance with the rules governing notifications between lawyers, except in the case of a debtor who has not constitu…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-9

For the application of Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion to attachment for payment

Article R523-9

From the date of service, the debtor has a period of fifteen days to contest the conversion deed before the enforcement judge of the place where he resides. This time limit is prescribed on pain of in…

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