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Article L721-3 of the French Consumer Code

Information relating to the filing of an over-indebtedness application and the debtor’s situation may not be communicated to creditors, payment institutions, electronic money institutions and credit institutions that hold the debtor’s deposit accounts, prior to the decision on the admissibility of the application, subject to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the Criminal Code.

These provisions do not, however, preclude the application of the rules set out in Articles L. 751-1 to L. 752-3, within the limits set out in these articles.

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Article L721-3

Les renseignements relatifs au dépôt d’un dossier de surendettement et à la situation du débiteur ne peuvent être communiqués aux créanciers, aux établissements de paiement, aux établissements de monnaie électronique et aux établissements de crédit qui tiennent les comptes de dépôt du débiteur, antérieurement à la décision de recevabilité du dossier, sous peine des sanctions prévues à l’article 226-13 du code pénal.


Ces dispositions ne font toutefois pas obstacle à l’application des règles prévues aux articles L. 751-1 à L. 752-3, dans les limites fixées à ces articles.

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