The seller’s lien may be set up against third parties by registration of the lien in a register held at the registry of the relevant commercial court, in accordance with procedures determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat. Where this registration is made within thirty days of the date of the deed of sale, it takes precedence over any registration made within the same period on the part of the purchaser; it may be set up against the creditors of the purchaser under safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation, as well as against his estate accepted up to the amount of the net assets within the same period.
The resolutory action, established by article 1654 of the Civil Code, must, in order to be effective, be expressly mentioned and reserved in the registration. It cannot be exercised to the detriment of third parties after the lien has lapsed. It is limited, like the lien, to only those items that formed part of the sale.