The decision provided for under Article 8 above shall suspend or prohibit all individual lawsuits
for the payment of debts indicated by the debtor and contracted prior to the decision.
The suspension shall apply to measures of execution as well as to preventive measures.
It shall apply to all unsecured creditors having general liens or special secured debts such as a
special lien on personal property, a pledge, a collateral security or a mortgage, with the exception
of creditors who are due wages.
The suspension of individual lawsuits shall neither apply to an action for the acknowledgment
of a right or disputed claim nor to an action relating to foreign exchange against the signatory
of a negotiable instrument other than the beneficiary of the suspension of individual lawsuits.
Consequently, the time limits granted creditors shall under pain of forfeiture, prescription or
cancellation of their rights be suspended during the entire period of the suspension of the
lawsuits.
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In force from 10 April 1998
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