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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R221-11

…authorisation is required to proceed with the seizure, the bailiff shall bring it to the attention of the debtor or the holder, as the case may be; the authorisation shall be appended to the seizure…

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Subsection 2: Forced sale

Article R221-34

The sale is advertised by posters indicating the place, day and time of the sale and the nature of the assets seized. The posters shall be affixed at the town hall of the municipality in which the dis…

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Subsection 2: Disputes relating to seized property

Article R221-49

…ting to ownership or seizability do not preclude the seizure but suspend the proceedings in respect of the seized assets that are the subject of such claims.

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

Article R222-5

If the property has been apprehended in order to be returned to its owner, a copy of the deed provided for in article…

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Paragraph 2: Apprehension in the hands of a third party

Article R222-7

…served directly on the third party. The summons is served by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the person required to deliver or return the property. Under penalty of nullity, this…

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Subsection 2: Apprehension on court order

Article R222-13

…r delivery or restitution shall be served on the person required to surrender the property. On pain of being declared null and void, service of the order shall contain a summons to have, within a peri…

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Subsection 2: Apprehension on court order

Article R222-15

In the absence of opposition within the time limit prescribed in article…

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Subsection 4: Seizure of fruits

Article R321-17

The pursuing creditor may authorise the distrainee to sell the fruits out of court or, with the authorisation of the execution judge, may arrange for the fruits to be cut and sold by auction or by any…

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Subsection 6: Expiry of the summons to pay in the event of seizure

Article R321-21

On expiry of the period provided for in article R. 321-20 and until publication of the title deed, any interested party may ask the enforcement judge to declare that the summons has lapsed and to orde…

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Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-14

The pursuing creditor shall be provided by the registry with a copy of the claims produced with a view to drawing up the draft distribution provided for in Article…

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