French Code of civil procedure

The person responsible for distribution shall draw up a draft allocation within two months of the last notice provided for in the second paragraph of Article 1281-3. He shall notify it to the debtor and to each of the creditors by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. On pain of nullity, the notification shall indicate to the addressee: 1° That he or she has a period of fifteen days, from…

Failing a challenge within fifteen days of the last notification referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1281-4, the proposed distribution becomes final. Once it has the sum to be distributed, the person in charge of the distribution then proceeds to pay the creditors within fifteen days. When the funds have been consigned, the person in charge of the distribution notifies the draft distribution that has become final to…

In the event of a dispute, the person responsible for distribution summons the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, with a view to an attempt at conciliation which must take place within one month of the first dispute. The summons reproduces the terms of the second paragraph of Article 1281-7.

If an agreement is reached, a deed is drawn up, a copy of which is delivered or sent by simple letter to all the parties. Payment shall then be made under the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of Article 1281-5. A person duly summoned who fails to appear is deemed to have accepted the agreement.

In the absence of conciliation, the person in charge of distribution shall record the points of disagreement. The sums put into distribution shall be immediately deposited, if they are not already deposited by virtue of the decision appointing the person in charge of distribution. The most diligent party may refer the matter to the judicial court, which shall proceed with the distribution.

Failing a draft apportionment within the prescribed time limits, the procedure shall be as set out in the second and third paragraphs of Article 1281-8.

Payments must be made no later than fifteen days after the Caisse des dépôts et consignations has been notified of the final distribution judgment.

The remuneration of the person in charge of the distribution shall be deducted from the funds to be distributed and borne by the creditors, in proportion to the sum due to each of them. In the event of a dispute, it shall be fixed by the president of the judicial court.

In commercial matters, the powers vested in the tribunal judiciaire and its president are exercised by the tribunal de commerce and its president.