French Code of civil enforcement procedures

If a summons to pay has already been published, there is no need to publish a new summons for the same property. However, if the new summons presented to the Land Registry includes more property than the previous summons, it must be published for the property not included in the previous summons. The new pursuing creditor is required to report the published summons to the previous creditor, who will pursue…

In the cases provided for in article R. 321-8 and in the first paragraph of article R. 321-9, the land registry mentions the deed or deeds that have not been published alongside the copy of the previous summons published in the order in which they were presented, with the surname, first name and domicile of the new debtor or debtors or, in the case of a legal entity, its name…

Where proceedings are joined, the proceedings are continued by the creditor whose summons was published first. If the summonses were published on the same day, the proceedings are continued by the creditor whose summons is the earliest in date and, if the summonses are dated the same day, by the creditor whose principal claim is the highest.

The enforcement judge shall grant the debtor’s request that the effects of the seizure be provisionally confined to one or more of his immovable properties where he establishes that the value of these properties is sufficient to pay off the pursuing creditor and the registered creditors. The judgment indicates the properties on which proceedings are temporarily suspended. After the final sale, the creditor may resume proceedings on the property thus…