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Article L162-2 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

The garnishee shall leave at the disposal of the individual debtor, within the limit of the credit balance of the account(s) on the day of the seizure, a maintenance sum equal to the lump sum, for a single recipient, mentioned in Article L. 262-2 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles.
Where the debtor is an individual entrepreneur with limited liability, the first paragraph applies only to the seizure of accounts relating to his unaffected assets.

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Article L162-2


Le tiers saisi laisse à disposition du débiteur personne physique, dans la limite du solde créditeur du ou des comptes au jour de la saisie, une somme à caractère alimentaire d’un montant égal au montant forfaitaire, pour un allocataire seul, mentionné à l’article L. 262-2 du code de l’action sociale et des familles.
Lorsque le débiteur est un entrepreneur individuel à responsabilité limitée, le premier alinéa ne s’applique qu’à la saisie des comptes afférents à son patrimoine non affecté.

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