BOOK V: Commercial paper and guarantees.

Notaries and bailiffs deliver, in accordance with Article L. 511-55 of the French Commercial Code and Article L. 131-64 of the Monetary and Financial Code, two copies of the protests, in the event of non-payment of accepted bills of exchange or promissory notes, and three copies of the protests, in the event of non-payment of cheques, or send by registered letter, under separate cover for each of them, a copy…

On the copies of the protests, the surname of the acceptor of the bill of exchange, the subscriber of the promissory note or the drawer of the cheque shall be entered in capital letters. The bailiff or notary shall also enter on these copies, according to the information he has been able to obtain, if it does not already appear there, the domicile of the person mentioned in the preceding…

A register shall be opened by each registrar in which protests received are entered, in date order and under an order number. This register is divided into nine columns intended to receive: Column 1: the serial number, which is also entered by the registrar on the copies of the protest; Column 2: the date of the protest; Column 3: the surname, forenames, company name or trading name, where applicable trade…

The register mentioned in Article R. 511-4 is, before it is opened, dated and signed by the first and last sheet, listed and initialled in all its sheets by the president of the commercial court.

For each protest of which a copy has been received, the court clerk shall also draw up a sheet containing the following information: the surname in capital letters, forenames, company or business name, where applicable trade name, profession and domicile of the acceptor of the bill of exchange, the subscriber of the promissory note or the drawer of the cheque, the date of the protest, and the serial number of…

Each form mentioned in Article R. 511-6 states: 1° The date of the protest; 2° The surname, first names, profession and domicile of the person in whose favour the bill or cheque was created, or the drawer of the bill of exchange; 3° The surname, first names, or company or business name, profession and domicile of the subscriber of the promissory note or the drawee, for the cheque, or the…

The court clerk shall give the bailiff or notary who filed the copies of the protest one of these copies, after having dated and signed it. This copy shall be equivalent to a receipt.

Extracts from the register mentioned in Article R. 511-4 are issued upon written request, dated and signed by the applicant, specifying, in capital letters for surnames, the surname, forenames, company or business name, profession and domicile of the applicant, as well as the surname, forenames, company or business name, where applicable, trade name, profession and domicile of the person who may be the subject of the registration. However, the applicant…

If there is no entry corresponding to the identity of the debtor reported or if the entry made in the name of the latter concerns a protest the date of which is more than one year or less than one month prior to the day on which the request is referred to the clerk of the court or to the day for which the extract was specifically requested, the clerk…