Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Disputes shall be lodged within thirty days of the date of insertion in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales advising of the filing of the statement of collocation. They are made by petition delivered or addressed to the registry of the enforcement judge of the judicial court before which the judicial liquidation proceedings were conducted or in whose jurisdiction the proceedings were conducted. The challenge is, on pain…

In the event of a dispute, the liquidator may nevertheless settle the order and issue payment vouchers for claims prior to those that are disputed. He may even settle the order for later claims, reserving a sufficient sum for the disputed claims.

Within eight days of the expiry of the time limit for appeal and in the event of an appeal within eight days of service of the judgment, the liquidator shall finally settle the order of disputed claims and subsequent claims in accordance with Articles R. 643-7 to R. 643-10.

In the event of an auction on the reiteration of bids occurring during the course of the order and even after the final settlement, the liquidator shall amend the statement of collocation, the amount of the sums due to the creditors entered in the minutes of the order in accordance with the results of the auction and make the corresponding payments.

For the purposes of this section, in the event of the return to the liquidator of a letter of notification which could not be delivered to its addressee, the liquidator shall proceed by way of service.