France (FR) — civil law.
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La surenchère du dixième
Winning the adjudication does not end the sale. For a short window afterwards
any interested person may overbid by at least one tenth of the price
reached, which reopens the auction.
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum increment | one tenth (1/10) of the prix d'adjudication |
| Who may do it | any intéressé — not only the parties |
| How | a declaration by an avocat, lodged at the greffe of the JEX that held the sale |
| Effect | a fresh auction, with new publicity, opening at prix d'adjudication + surenchère |
| Second time | a surenchère cannot itself be over-surenchéri — needs_verification |
The delay is disputed in secondary sources — do not state it flatly
Sources consulted on 2026-08-22 disagree: some say ten calendar days from the sale, others ten
jours ouvrésfrom the hearing. That difference decides whether a purchase is safe on a given date, so it must be pinned to the CPCE article text before being relied on. Recorded here as a known conflict rather than resolved by picking the more common phrasing.needs_verification
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