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name: import-assignation-refere-communication-associe
description: Use when migrating a French-law assignation en référé pour communication d'associé (emergency summons for shareholder communication or document access) from a legacy data source into the Louis platform data model. Handles parsing of the legacy document structure, field mapping to the Louis matter and document schema, and dry-run preview before commit. This import skill is specific to French-procedure corporate dispute documents.
license: MIT
metadata:
id: import.assignation-refere-communication-associe
category: import
jurisdictions: [FR, LB]
priority: P3
intent: [import, migration, French-procedure, référé, corporate-dispute]
related: [import-assignation-refere-recouvrement-creance, import-compliance-anthropic, import-canned-responses-anthropic]
source: Louis — HAQQ Legal AI (github.com/sboghossian/mini-claude-for-legal)
version: "1.0"

Import — Assignation en Référé: Communication d'Associé

What it does

This import skill ingests a legacy document of the type assignation en référé pour communication d'associé — an emergency summons (assignation) filed in référé proceedings (French-procedure summary/expedited proceedings before a President of the Tribunal) to compel a company to communicate documents to a shareholder or partner who has been denied their legal right of information and communication.

The skill maps the legacy data structure of such a document into the Louis matter and document schema, enabling the document to be searched, reviewed, and worked on inside the Louis platform.

Legal context

What is an assignation en référé?

In French civil procedure (and in Lebanon, which inherited much of the French procedural framework), a référé is an emergency proceeding before the President of the court (or a designated judge). It is used where urgency is required and the rights claimed are not seriously contestable (pas de contestation sérieuse) or where interim/preventive measures are needed.

An assignation is the formal summons document that initiates proceedings. Filing an assignation en référé is the act of formally notifying the opposing party and lodging the matter with the court.

What is a communication d'associé?

In French company law (and Lebanese commercial law, which parallels it), shareholders and partners have statutory rights to receive certain company documents — annual accounts, management reports, minutes, statutory auditor reports. Where the company refuses or fails to communicate these documents, a shareholder may file for emergency judicial enforcement of this right via référé.

The typical structure of such an assignation:

1. Identification of the parties (associé/demandeur and company/défendeur).
2. Factual background: the documents requested and the company's refusal or silence.
3. Legal basis: the specific provisions of the applicable commercial code (French Code de Commerce, Lebanese Commercial Code) granting the right.
4. Relief sought: order compelling communication of specified documents.
5. Urgency: why the urgency standard is met.

Import configuration

Source document fields

Source field	Louis target field	Notes
Demandeur (requesting shareholder)	matter.party[role=claimant]	Full legal name + entity type
Défendeur (company)	matter.party[role=respondent]	Full legal name + registration number
Juridiction	matter.court	Name of court + jurisdiction (Paris, Beirut, etc.)
Date d'assignation	matter.filing_date	Date the summons was served
Documents sollicités	matter.relief_sought.document_list	Structured list of documents requested
Fondement légal	matter.legal_basis	Article references (Code de Commerce, Code de Procedure Civile libanais)
Audience prévue	matter.next_hearing_date	Date of the référé hearing
Urgence	matter.urgency_basis	Statement of urgency grounds

Dry-run preview

Before committing the import, Louis generates a preview showing:

• The parsed party names and how they map to the matter model.
• Any fields that could not be parsed (flagged for manual completion).
• The proposed matter type, practice area, and jurisdiction tags.
• Duplicate detection: if a matter with the same parties and filing date already exists, surface a warning.

Post-import actions

After a successful import, Louis auto-creates:

• A matter entry of type litigation/référé.
• A document entry with the original uploaded file.
• A task: "Verify legal basis articles against current law" — because article numbers may have been renumbered in the source jurisdiction.
• A next-hearing-date reminder (if the hearing date was successfully parsed).

Failure modes

• Unstructured source: if the source document is an image or non-machine-readable PDF, trigger OCR before import. Flag low-confidence OCR extractions for manual review.
• Non-standard format: French référé assignations vary significantly by law firm and jurisdiction (French vs Lebanese procedure). If the document structure does not match expected field positions, fall back to manual field assignment in the import UI.
• Missing legal basis: if the specific article numbers are not present in the source, leave legal_basis blank and flag for the user to complete.

Related skills

• [[import-assignation-refere-recouvrement-creance]]
• [[import-compliance-anthropic]]
• [[import-canned-responses-anthropic]]