Regulatory part

Disputes concerning the seizability of the assets included in the seizure are brought before the enforcement judge by the debtor or by the bailiff acting as in matters of enforcement difficulties. Where the debtor invokes unseizability, proceedings are brought within one month of service of the writ of seizure. The creditor is heard or summoned.

The debtor may apply to have the seizure declared null and void on the grounds of a formal or substantive defect other than the unseizability of the assets included in the seizure, up until the sale of the seized assets. The seizing creditor brings the opposing creditors into question. If the seizure is declared null and void after the sale but before distribution of the price, the debtor may request…

The judge who annuls the seizure may leave the debtor to bear all or part of the costs incurred if the debtor failed to apply for annulment in good time.