The safeguard procedure is applicable to any person exercising a commercial, craft or agricultural activity defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime and, to any other natural person exercising an independent professional activity, including a liberal profession subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected, as well as to any legal person under private law.
Unless separate assets of the entrepreneur are involved, no new safeguard proceedings may be opened in respect of a debtor already subject to such proceedings, or to receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, as long as the operations of the resulting plan have not been terminated or the liquidation proceedings have not been closed.