It is allocated to the court-appointed administrator, for due diligence relating to the diagnosis of the safeguard or receivership proceedings in respect of which he has been appointed, an emolument determined by an order made pursuant to Article L. 444-3 on the basis of the number of employees employed by the debtor or its turnover.
However, when the balance sheet total mentioned in b of II of Article R. 663-3 is greater than or equal to a threshold specified by the order mentioned in the first paragraph, the emolument is determined solely on the basis of this balance sheet total.
This fee is paid by the debtor to the insolvency administrator without delay from the opening of the proceedings.