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Full guide · Source-checked research97% of statements checked against a source143 checked against an official source4 checked against a secondary sourceChecked 2026-10-19Not yet professionally reviewed
Safeguard proceedings (sauvegarde) are available to a company facing legal, economic or financial difficulties that is not in cessation of payments; the observation period is 6 months renewable once for up to 6 months, and the safeguard plan can last up to 10 years.
Commercial and craft businesses go to the commercial court or, in the 12 pilot cities, the tribunal des activités économiques; liberal professions go to the judicial court or the TAE.Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18Classes of affected parties must be formed in safeguard where the debtor has more than 250 employees and net turnover above EUR 20 million, or net turnover above EUR 40 million; smaller debtors can ask the court to allow classes.
Applies to safeguard; the page sets the size criteria. How classes vote and cross-class cram-down operate was not confirmed on this page.Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18A company in cessation of payments must apply for receivership (redressement judiciaire) or liquidation no later than 45 days after cessation of payments, unless a conciliation is under way; the receivership observation period can reach 18 months and the continuation plan can last up to 10 years.
Receivership may also be requested by a creditor or the public prosecutor. Outcomes are closure, a continuation plan, a sale of all or part of the business, or liquidation.Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18Conciliation is a confidential, court-supervised negotiation open to companies with existing or foreseeable difficulties that are not in cessation of payments or have been for less than 45 days; the conciliator's mission lasts up to 4 months, extendable to 5 months in total.
An agreement can be recorded (constatation, stays confidential) or approved by judgment (homologation, which ends confidentiality as to the fact of approval).Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18Read the full guide: Deals, merger control, investment screening and restructuring
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