Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts

The official receiver shall rule on the request for disclosure of confidential information pursuant to the second paragraph of I of Article L. 695-2 within eight days of the matter being referred to him after having requested written observations from the mandataires de justice, the debtor and the public prosecutor. The decision is notified to the debtor, the judicial representatives and the Public Prosecutor.

The court, the juge-commissaire or the mandataire de justice appointed pursuant to Article L. 695-3 may require that any request for communication, cooperation or assistance be made in writing in the French language or accompanied by a translation into the French language. The request may be made, if the court, the juge-commissaire or the mandataire de justice appointed pursuant to Article L. 695-3 agrees, by electronic means.

The persons mentioned in the last sentence of Article L. 695-4 shall be notified of the communication by the registry by any means.

If the debtor fulfils the conditions of the first paragraph of Article L. 626-29, the insolvency administrator shall without delay notify the insolvency practitioner appointed in insolvency proceedings opened by the court of another Member State in respect of the debtor of the dates of the meetings of the classes of affected parties, and no later than twenty days before the date of the first vote.