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Article R631-2 of the French Commercial code

A creditor’s writ specifies the nature and amount of the claim and contains any evidence likely to characterise the debtor’s cessation of payments. Where a farm is involved, the creditor shall attach to its application a certificate, issued by the court clerk, of the referral to the president of the judicial court pursuant to Article L. 351-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

An application to open receivership proceedings is, on pain of inadmissibility, which must be raised ex officio, exclusive of any other application relating to the same assets, with the exception of an application to open compulsory liquidation proceedings made in the alternative.

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Article R631-2

L’assignation d’un créancier précise la nature et le montant de la créance et contient tout élément de preuve de nature à caractériser la cessation des paiements du débiteur. Lorsqu’il s’agit d’une exploitation agricole, le créancier joint à sa demande une attestation, délivrée par le greffier, de la saisine du président du tribunal judiciaire en application de l’article L. 351-2 du code rural et de la pêche maritime.

La demande d’ouverture d’une procédure de redressement judiciaire est à peine d’irrecevabilité, qui doit être soulevée d’office, exclusive de toute autre demande relative au même patrimoine, à l’exception d’une demande d’ouverture d’une procédure de liquidation judiciaire formée à titre subsidiaire.

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