The separate sale of one or more parts of a registered business, either by way of seizure and sale, or pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or pursuant to the second paragraph of article 2346 of the Civil Code, shall not take place until ten days at the earliest after notification of the proceedings to the creditors who have registered at least fifteen days prior to the said notification, at the domicile declared by them in their registrations. During this ten-day period, any registered creditor, whether or not his claim has fallen due, may summon the interested parties before the Commercial Court within whose jurisdiction the business is operated, to request that a sale be made of all the elements of the business, at the request of the pursuing creditor or at his own request, under the terms and in accordance with the provisions of the articles L. 143-3 to L. 143-7.
The court orders the sale of the business if the separate sale of one or more of its elements jeopardises the value of the business.
Equipment and merchandise shall be sold at the same time as the business at separate bids, or for separate prices if the specifications require the successful bidder to take them on an expert’s opinion.
There shall be a breakdown of the price for the elements of the business not encumbered by registered liens.