French Code of civil enforcement procedures

Disputes are brought before the enforcement judge in the place where the debtor lives.

Under penalty of inadmissibility, disputes relating to the seizure must be lodged within one month of notification of the seizure to the debtor. Under the same penalty, they shall be notified on the same day or, at the latest, on the first working day thereafter, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the bailiff who carried out the seizure.The person lodging the dispute shall inform the garnishee by simple…

The enforcement judge gives effect to the seizure for the uncontested portion of the debt. His decision shall be enforceable immediately. The provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 121-22 are not applicable. If it appears that neither the amount of the distrainor’s claim nor the debt of the garnishee is seriously disputable, the enforcement judge may provisionally order the payment of a sum that he/she determines by prescribing,…

After notification to the parties involved of the decision rejecting the challenge, the garnishee pays the creditor on presentation of this decision.