The preferential rights of registered creditors follow the business into whatever hands it passes.
When the sale of the business has not taken place by public auction in accordance with the articles mentioned in article L. 143-11 purchasers wishing to secure themselves from the proceedings of registered creditors are required, on pain of forfeiture, prior to the proceedings or within fifteen days of the summons to pay being issued to them, to notify all registered creditors, under conditions defined by decree.