For the application of the provisions of Article L. 651-2, ex officio or at the request of one of the persons mentioned in article L. 651-3, the president of the court may instruct the juge-commissaire or, failing this, a member of the court designated by him to obtain, notwithstanding any legislative provision to the contrary, communication of any document or information on the financial situation of the managers and permanent representatives of the managers of the legal entities referred to in Article L. 651-1 or on the income and unaffected assets of a sole trader with limited liability or on the income and personal assets of a sole trader covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V, from public administrations and bodies, provident and social security organisations, payment institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions and credit institutions.
The president of the court may, under the same conditions, order any useful protective measure with regard to the assets of the managers or their representatives referred to in the preceding paragraph or the assets of the sole trader with limited liability included in his unaffected assets or the assets, rights or securities of the personal assets of the sole trader covered by the status defined in the same section 3. It may maintain the protective measure ordered in respect of the assets of the de jure or de facto manager pursuant to Article L. 631-10-1.
The provisions of this article also apply to persons who are members or associates of the legal entity in safeguard, reorganisation or judicial liquidation proceedings, where they are indefinitely and jointly and severally liable for its debts.