If the pledge or the thing legitimately retained is not withdrawn in accordance with the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 641-3, the liquidator must, within six months of the judgment of compulsory liquidation, apply to the official receiver for authorisation to proceed with the realisation. The liquidator notifies the creditor of the authorisation fifteen days before the realisation.
A pledgee, even if not yet admitted, may apply to the official receiver for judicial attribution before realisation. If the claim is rejected in whole or in part, the pledgee returns the asset or its value to the liquidator, subject to the admitted amount of its claim.
In the event of a sale by the liquidator, the right of retention is automatically transferred to the price, and any registration made to preserve the pledge is cancelled at the liquidator’s request.