14Article 71 of that law is worded as follows:‘The court may wholly or partially suspend enforcement on application by the debtor where he presents a credible argument that immediate enforcement would cause him to suffer damage which would be irreparable or difficult to remedy and worse than the damage which the creditor may suffer if enforcement is deferred, in the following cases:…(5) where an action is brought for a declaration of invalidity in respect of the transaction concluded in the directly enforceable notarial instrument on the basis of which enforcement was granted;…Without prejudice to the preceding paragraph, the court may, on application by the debtor, suspend enforcement in other cases too, on specific legitimate grounds, but for a maximum of 3 months and on one occasion only.Acting on a proposal by the creditor, the court shall make the suspension of enforcement subject to the debtor’s provision of a guarantee, except if that is detrimental to his own maintenance or to that of the members of his family. If the debtor fails to provide the guarantee within the time limit set by the court, which may not exceed 15 days, the application for suspension shall be treated as having been withdrawn.’
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