Article 285 of Code of Civil Procedure

Distribution proceedings shall commence with the Director of the Enforcement Department preparing, at the request of an interested party, a provisional distribution list, which he shall deposit with the said Department. Immediately upon deposit of the list, the Department shall serve notice on the debtor, the possessor, the attaching creditors and anyone considered a party to the proceedings to appear before the Enforcement Department at a hearing it fixes to reach an amicable settlement. If the interested parties appear and reach an agreement on distribution by amicable settlement, the Director of the Enforcement Department shall record their agreement in minutes signed by him, the competent employee and those present. These minutes shall have the force of an enforceable instrument. If one or some of the interested parties fail to attend that hearing, such absence shall not prevent an amicable settlement, provided that what is established for the absent creditor in the provisional list is not prejudiced. An absent party may not challenge the amicable settlement recorded by the Director of the Enforcement Department on the basis of the agreement of the litigants who attended. Law Index 667 Home Page Law of Procedure Decree-Law No. 38 of 1980 promulgating the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law Once settlement has been effected in the manner referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the Director of the Enforcement Department shall, within the following five days, prepare the final distribution list showing the entitlement of each creditor. If all interested parties fail to attend the hearing fixed for amicable settlement, the Director of the Enforcement Department shall consider the provisional list a final list.