Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Within two months of publication in the property register of the summons to pay (commandement de payer valant saisie), the pursuing creditor summons the distrainee debtor to appear before the enforcement judge at an orientation hearing. The summons is issued between one and three months before the date of the hearing.

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity : 1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hearing of the enforcement judge; 2° An indication that the purpose of the orientation hearing is to examine the validity of the seizure, to rule on any disputes and incidental claims relating to the seizure…