Section 4: Closure of proceedings

When the judge applies Article L. 742-20, without prejudice to notification of the judgment to the parties, notice of it is sent for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales by the court registry. This publication is carried out according to the same procedures as those provided for in article R. 741-13.

The court clerk’s office carries out publicity measures to enable creditors who were not summoned to the opening hearing to lodge third-party objections against the judgment.Claim holders have a period of two months from this publicity to lodge third-party objections.

The closing judgment is subject to appeal.

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 733-17-1 shall apply. The letter provided for in this paragraph shall also include the information provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article R. 741-1.