By Raphaël MORENON
28 March 2025
Injunctions to pay are a fundamental tool for creditors wishing to recover their debts quickly. This procedure has recently undergone substantial changes designed to modernise it and make it more effective. Let's take a look at these changes, which are reshaping the debt collection landscape in France. The 2022 reform: digital transparency Decree no. 2022-245 of 25 February 2022 overhauled the injonction de payer procedure by strengthening the debtor's rights. The main change is that the bailiff must now make supporting documents available to the debtor electronically via the www.mespieces.fr platform at the time of service. The new article 1411 of the Code of Civil Procedure requires this electronic communication of documents. The legislator is pursuing a twofold objective: to ensure that the debtor is better informed to rebalance a procedure that was initially very favourable to the creditor. Previously, debtors had to go to the court registry...
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