Article L645-2 of the French Commercial code

The recovery procedure may not be opened in respect of a debtor who, for less than five years, has been the subject, in respect of any of his assets, of a judicial liquidation procedure closed for insufficient assets or of a decision to close a professional recovery procedure.

The recovery procedure may not be opened in respect of a debtor who, for less than five years, has been the subject, in respect of any of his assets, of judicial liquidation proceedings closed for insufficient assets or of a decision to close a professional recovery procedure.

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Article L645-2

La procédure de rétablissement ne peut être ouverte à l’égard d’un débiteur qui a fait l’objet, depuis moins de cinq ans, au titre de l’un quelconque de ses patrimoines, d’une procédure de liquidation judiciaire clôturée pour insuffisance d’actif ou d’une décision de clôture d’une procédure de rétablissement professionnel.