In the judgment opening or pronouncing the judicial liquidation, the court shall set a time limit at the end of which the closure of the proceedings must be examined. If closure cannot be pronounced at the end of this period, the court may extend the term by a reasoned decision.
When there are no longer any liabilities due or when the liquidator has sufficient sums to pay off the creditors, or when the continuation of the judicial liquidation operations is made impossible due to the insufficiency of the assets, or when the interest of such continuation is disproportionate to the difficulties of realising the residual assets the closure of the judicial liquidation is pronounced by the court, with the debtor heard or duly summoned.
The court may also pronounce the closure of the proceedings by appointing an agent with the task of continuing the proceedings in progress and distributing, where applicable, the sums received at the end of those proceedings when such closure does not appear to be able to be pronounced for the extinction of the liabilities.
The matter may be referred to the court at any time by the liquidator, the debtor or the public prosecutor. It may refer the matter to itself. On expiry of a period of two years from the judgment of judicial liquidation, any creditor may also refer the matter to the court for closure of the proceedings.
In the event of a sale plan, the court shall not declare the proceedings closed until it has ascertained that the transferee has complied with its obligations.