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Article R322-51 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

On pain of inadmissibility, the higher bid must be made by a lawyer and filed at the registry of the enforcement judge within ten days of the auction. It is equivalent to a request for a higher bid hearing to be set.
The lawyer must certify that he has obtained from his principal an irrevocable bank guarantee or a bank cheque for one tenth of the main sale price.
The declaration of higher bid may not be retracted.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article R322-51


A peine d’irrecevabilité, la surenchère est formée par acte d’avocat et déposée au greffe du juge de l’exécution dans les dix jours suivant l’adjudication. Elle vaut demande de fixation d’une audience de surenchère.
L’avocat atteste s’être fait remettre de son mandant une caution bancaire irrévocable ou un chèque de banque du dixième du prix principal de la vente.
La déclaration de surenchère ne peut être rétractée.

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