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TITLE VI: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS AND PROPERTY

Article L161-1 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

Enforcement proceedings against a debtor who is a sole trader may only relate to the assets of the estate over which the creditor has a general lien by virtue ofArticle L. 526-22 of the Commercial Code. A sole trader who has waived the benefit of the provisions of the fourth paragraph of the same Article L. 526-22 under the conditions set out in Article L. 526-25 of the same Code…

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Article L161-3 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

The sums due in execution of a court decision, an agreement or a deed mentioned in 2° to 5° of I of article 373-2-2 of the Civil Code that is enforceable by virtue of maintenance payments, contributions to the costs of the marriage prescribed byarticle 214 of the Civil Code, the annuities provided for by article 276 or the subsidies mentioned in article 342 of the same code may be…

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Article L162-1 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

When the seizure is carried out in the hands of an establishment authorised by law to keep deposit accounts, the latter is required to declare the balance of the debtor’s account(s) on the day of the seizure. Within a period of fifteen working days following the seizure, during which the sums left in the account are unavailable, this balance may be allocated to the benefit or detriment of the distrainor…

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Article L162-2 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

The garnishee shall leave at the disposal of the individual debtor, within the limit of the credit balance of the account(s) on the day of the seizure, a maintenance sum equal to the lump sum, for a single recipient, mentioned in Article L. 262-2 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles. Where the debtor is an individual entrepreneur with limited liability, the first paragraph applies only to the…

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