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name: import-assignation-refere-recouvrement-creance
description: Use when migrating a French-law assignation en référé pour recouvrement de créance (emergency summons for debt recovery) from a legacy data source into the Louis platform data model. Handles parsing of the debt-recovery summons structure, field mapping to the Louis matter and document schema, creditor/debtor party mapping, debt amount normalization, and dry-run preview before commit. Applies to French procedure and Lebanese commercial procedure which mirrors it.
license: MIT
metadata:
id: import.assignation-refere-recouvrement-creance
category: import
jurisdictions: [FR, LB]
priority: P3
intent: [import, migration, French-procedure, référé, debt-recovery]
related: [import-assignation-refere-communication-associe, 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: Recouvrement de Créance

What it does

This import skill ingests a legacy document of the type assignation en référé pour recouvrement de créance — an emergency summons filed in French-procedure référé proceedings to recover a debt that is certain (certaine), liquidated (liquide), and due (exigible). It maps the document into the Louis matter and document schema for tracking, review, and continuation within the platform.

Legal context

Recouvrement de créance en référé

In French civil procedure and Lebanese commercial procedure, a creditor holding a certain, liquidated, and due debt may seek judicial recovery without waiting for ordinary civil proceedings. Two main procedural routes exist:

1. Injonction de payer (payment order): a non-adversarial, ex parte application for a payment order. Faster and cheaper; limited to undisputed debts.
2. Assignation en référé provision: a contested summary proceeding where the creditor can obtain a provisional order for payment of an undisputed amount, even where some dispute exists, if the obligation is not "seriously contestable."

The assignation en référé pour recouvrement de créance is the formal summons initiating the second route. It is used where the debtor disputes the claim but the creditor believes the amount (or a significant portion) is not seriously contestable.

Applicable law (Lebanon)

In Lebanon:

• The Code de Procédure Civile Libanais (CPCL) governs référé proceedings.
• The Code des Obligations et Contrats (COC) governs the underlying debt claims.
• The Commercial Code governs commercial debts (negotiable instruments, commercial contracts).

The référé judge (President of the First Instance Court or Commercial Court, depending on the nature of the debt) can award a provisional sum, order attachment of assets, or take other urgent measures.

Import configuration

Source document fields

Source field	Louis target field	Notes
Créancier (creditor)	matter.party[role=claimant]	Full legal name + entity type
Débiteur (debtor)	matter.party[role=respondent]	Full legal name + entity type
Juridiction	matter.court	Court name + jurisdiction
Montant de la créance	matter.claim_amount	Amount + currency; normalize to ISO currency code
Fondement de la créance	matter.claim_basis	Contract, invoice, loan, etc.
Documents supports	matter.evidence_documents	List of invoices, contracts, etc. referred to in the summons
Date d'assignation	matter.filing_date	Service date of the summons
Fondement légal	matter.legal_basis	Article references (CPCL, COC, etc.)
Audience prévue	matter.next_hearing_date	Référé hearing date
Mesures conservatoires	matter.interim_measures	Any attachment or preservation order sought

Debt amount normalization

The debt amount extracted from the source document must be:

• Expressed in both figures and words in the source: verify they match.
• Tagged with the correct currency (LBP, USD, EUR). Note: in Lebanon post-2019, dual-currency clauses (LBP + USD) are common. Extract both amounts if present.
• Normalized to the Louis amount schema: { amount: 50000, currency: "USD", amount_words: "Fifty thousand US dollars" }.

If the source contains a claim expressed in Lebanese pounds at an old exchange rate, flag this for manual review — Lebanese pound denominated debts have significant valuation complexity post-2019 banking crisis.

Dry-run preview

Before committing the import, Louis generates a preview showing:

• Parsed creditor and debtor names, with a duplicate detection check.
• The claim amount with currency, and a flag if the currency parsing is uncertain.
• The proposed matter type (litigation/référé/recouvrement) and jurisdiction tags.
• Any fields that could not be parsed (flagged for manual completion).
• A warning if the debt amount appears to exceed a threshold (e.g., > USD 1,000,000) warranting additional review.

Post-import actions

After a successful import, Louis auto-creates:

• A matter entry of type litigation/référé/debt-recovery.
• A document entry with the original summons uploaded.
• A task: "Verify debt calculation and accrued interest" — because interest accrual from the accrual date to the hearing date may need to be updated.
• A limitation check: flags if the filing date is approaching the applicable limitation period (see [[heuristic-statute-of-limitations-flag]]).
• A next-hearing-date reminder.

Failure modes

• Non-machine-readable source: trigger OCR; flag low-confidence extractions for manual review.
• Lebanese pound amounts: if the claim is in LBP, flag for manual review of exchange rate assumptions and current equivalent value.
• Multiple debtors or creditors: parse each party separately; create multiple party entries.
• Missing claim foundation: if the underlying contract or invoice reference is not present in the source document, flag a task to attach the supporting documents.

Related skills

• [[import-assignation-refere-communication-associe]]
• [[import-compliance-anthropic]]
• [[import-canned-responses-anthropic]]
• [[heuristic-statute-of-limitations-flag]]