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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Apprehension in the hands of the person liable to surrender

Article R222-5

…R. 222-4 is delivered or notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the person obliged, by virtue of the enforcement order, to deliver or return the property.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-50

Any person may make a higher bid of at least one tenth of the main sale price.

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Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-52

…an the third working day following the declaration of the higher bid, the higher bidder shall denounce it by bailiff's deed or by notification between lawyers to the pursuing creditor, the successful…

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Chapter IV: Seizure of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R224-5

…tor is present, the inventory is limited to the seized assets. These are immediately removed and placed in the custody of the bailiff or a receiver appointed, in the absence of an amicable agreement,…

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Section 2: Procedure

Article R311-5

…R. 322-15 unless it relates to procedural acts subsequent to this. In this case, the challenge or incidental request must be made with…

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Article R251-5

…urity and are not mentioned in the previous paragraph. These sums are paid to the former after service of a conversion deed and to the latter after obtaining an enforcement order.

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Section 1: Seizure by declaration to the administrative authority

Article R223-5

The effects of the declaration may not prejudice the creditor holding a pledge duly registered in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 2023-97 of 14 February 2023 relating to the registration…

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Subsection 2: Delivery of the summons to pay in the event of seizure to the third party purchaser

Article R321-5

…ncludes the information listed in article R. 321-3. However, the warning provided for in 4° is replaced by a summons to fulfil one of the obligations set out in article 2456 of the Civil Code within a…

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

Article R233-5

Failing an amicable sale under the conditions set out in articles…

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Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-51

…n 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 hearing…

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