French Code of civil enforcement procedures

The period within which a registered creditor who has been notified of a summons to pay equivalent to a seizure must declare his claim is two months from the date of notification. However, a creditor who can prove that his default is not due to his own fault may ask to be authorised to declare his claim after the time limit has expired. The judge shall rule by order upon…

Creditors who have registered their security interest in the property after publication of the summons to pay serving as a seizure order but before publication of the sale, intervene in the proceedings by declaring their claim, based on the principal, costs and interest accrued to the date of the declaration. On pain of inadmissibility, the declaration is made by a lawyer’s deed filed at the registry of the enforcement judge…

The pursuing creditor shall be provided by the registry with a copy of the claims produced with a view to drawing up the draft distribution provided for in Article R. 332-3.