BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

I.-The provisions of Articles L. 621-1 and L. 621-2 as well as those of Article L. 622-6 relating to the obligations incumbent on the debtor are applicable to the judicial liquidation proceedings. Where the situation of the debtor who has declared that he is in a state of cessation of payments does not appear to be manifestly unsuitable for reorganisation, the court shall invite the debtor, in the absence of…

The court may, either of its own motion or on a proposal from the official receiver or at the request of the public prosecutor, proceed to replace the liquidator, expert or administrator if one has been appointed pursuant to Article L. 641-10 or add one or more liquidators or administrators to those already appointed. The liquidator, the administrator or a creditor appointed as controller may ask the official receiver to…

When the conditions set out in article L. 621-4-1, the court appoints as liquidator at least two judicial representatives, one of whom is common to the debtor and the companies mentioned in 2° and 3° of the same article.

The simplified procedure provided for in Chapter IV of this Title is applied if the debtor’s assets do not include any real estate and if the number of its employees during the six months preceding the opening of the procedure and its turnover excluding tax are equal to or less than thresholds set by decree. When the debtor is a natural person, only the first condition is required. However, the…

The judgment opening the judicial liquidation has the same effects as those provided for in the case of safeguard by the first and third paragraphs of I and by III of Article L. 622-7, by the articles L. 622-21 and L. 622-22, by the first sentence of article L. 622-28 and by l’article L. 622-30. The official receiver may authorise the liquidator or the administrator where one has been appointed…

The liquidator shall proceed with the liquidation operations at the same time as the verification of claims. He may initiate or pursue actions that fall within the jurisdiction of the mandataire judiciaire. The verification of unsecured claims shall not be carried out if it appears that the proceeds from the realisation of the assets will be entirely absorbed by legal costs and preferential claims, unless there are grounds for charging…

When the judicial liquidation is pronounced during the observation period of safeguard or receivership proceedings, the liquidator proceeds with the liquidation operations at the same time as he completes any verification of claims and establishes the order of creditors. He shall continue actions brought before the liquidation judgment, either by the administrator or by the mandataire judiciaire, and may bring actions that fall within the jurisdiction of the mandataire judiciaire.

No spouse or partner bound by a civil solidarity pact, no relative or ally up to and including the fourth degree, of the debtor who is a natural person or of the directors, in the case of a legal entity, may be appointed to one of the positions provided for in article L. 641-1 or L. 641-10, except in cases where this provision prevents the appointment of an employee representative.

The liquidator shall keep the official receiver, the debtor and the public prosecutor informed of the progress of the proceedings at least every three months. The official receiver and the public prosecutor may at any time request communication of any acts or documents relating to the proceedings.