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Article 1277 of the French Code of civil procedure

If no bid reaches the amount of the reserve price, the judge or notary, as the case may be, may note the highest bid and provisionally award the property for the amount of that bid.

Unless the seller renounces, the court that set the reserve price, seised at the request of the notary, the lawyer or any interested party, may either declare the adjudication final and the sale completed, or order that a new sale will take place; in the latter case, it shall set the time limit for the new sale, which may not be less than fifteen days, the reserve price and the methods of advertising.

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Article 1277

Si aucune enchère n’atteint le montant de la mise à prix, le juge ou le notaire, selon le cas, peut constater l’offre la plus élevée et adjuger le bien à titre provisoire pour le montant de cette offre.

Sauf renonciation du vendeur, le tribunal qui a fixé la mise à prix, saisi à la requête du notaire, de l’avocat ou de tout intéressé, peut soit déclarer l’adjudication définitive et la vente réalisée, soit ordonner qu’une nouvelle vente aura lieu ; en ce dernier cas, il fixe le délai de la nouvelle vente sans que celui-ci puisse être inférieur à quinze jours, la mise à prix ainsi que les modalités de la publicité.

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