Nemokumas bendrai suprantamas kaip finansinio arba turto balanso nepakankamumas t. y. kaip negalėjimas susimokėti skolų suėjus jų grąžinimo terminui ir/arba kai skolininko įsipareigojimai viršija visą jo turimą turtą. Nors nemokumas yra be galo dažnai vartojama kategorija, tiek Lietuvos, tiek daugelio užsienio valstybių teisėje nėra įtvirtintos vienareikšmės nemokumo sampratos. Toks vieningos nemokumo sampratos nebuvimas lemia teisinį neaiškumą bei komplikuoja subjektų susiduriančių su finansiniais sunkumais padėtį. Šiame magistro darbe analizuojama nemokumo instituto samprata Lietuvos bei užsienio valstybių teisėje. Pirmiausia nemokumas analizuojamas kaip bendrinė ir teisinė kategorija. Aptariama nemokumo sampratos istorija, nemokumui būdingi bruožai, įvardijami nemokumo ir panašių teisinių santykių, tame tarpe ir bankroto skirtumai. Antroje dalyje analizuojama nemokumo kaip pagrindo nemokumo procedūroms pradėti samprata Lietuvos teisėje. Trečioje darbo dalyje lyginami atskirų užsienio valstybių nemokumo sampratos teisiniai aspektai. Galiausiai suformuluojamos pagrindinės darbo išvados bei pateikiami siūlymai kaip būtų galima pagerinti esamą nemokumo sampratos teisinį reguliavimą bei išspręsti iš jo kylančias praktines problemas. / Insolvency is generally defined as a cash flow or balance sheet insufficiency, i.e. inability to pay one’s debts as they fall due and/or when liabilities exceed debts. Even though the term of insolvency is used very often in the law of Lithuania and other countries, there is no unanimous understanding of this notion. This results in legal uncertainty and severely complicates situation of those who are facing financial difficulties. The notion of insolvency in the legal system of Lithuania and other countries is analyzed in this master thesis. Firstly, the notion of insolvency is analyzed as an appellative and legal category. In this part the history of insolvency, main features, differences from similar notions including bankruptcy are discussed. In the second part of the thesis, notion of insolvency as a legal basis for insolvency procedures in Lithuania is analyzed. In the third part, legal aspects of the notion of insolvency in different countries are compared. Finally, conclusions and suggestions are formulated aiming to improve the existing situation and provide guidelines for solving practical problems.

The home of a debtor has never enjoyed specific statutory protection against forced sale in the individual debt enforcement and insolvency procedures in South Africa. In Jaftha v Schoeman and Others; Van Rooyen v Stoltz and Others (2005 (2) SA 140 (CC)) and Gundwana v Steko Development CC and Others (2011 (3) SA 608 (CC)), the Constitutional Court recognised that in the individual debt enforcement process execution against a debtor's home, even where it has been mortgaged in favour of a creditor, may constitute an unjustifiable infringement of the right to have access to adequate housing, provided by section 26 of the Constitution. The effect of these decisions is that, in every case in which a creditor seeks to execute against a person's home, a court must consider "all the relevant circumstances" to determine whether execution is justifiable, in terms of section 36 of the Constitution. The absence of a properly constructed framework, incorporating clear substantive and procedural requirements, within which these recently established principles must be applied, has led to divergent approaches in the courts and a lack of clarity regarding circumstances in which execution against a debtor's home will be permitted. Further, courts have not considered the impact of section 26 and other rights on the position where a debtor's home is realised by the trustee of an insolvent estate in terms of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936. This has given rise to a number of unanswered questions as well as to a lack of predictability that potentially hold adverse consequences for bond finance, commerce, and the economy generally. The need to balance the competing interests emphasises the necessity for a coherent contextual framework within which forced sale of a debtor's home may occur. This thesis examines issues surrounding forced sale of a debtor's home in South Africa. It compares the position in other legal systems and suggests mechanisms and an appropriate method, or process, for inclusion in statutory provisions to regulate the forced sale of a debtor's home in both the individual debt enforcement and insolvency procedures in South Africa. / Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Mercantile Law / unrestricted

En période de crise économique, la question de la garantie de paiement du salaire se pose avec acuité en cas d’insolvabilité de l’employeur. En France, cette protection est assurée par un fonds de garantie géré par l’association pour la gestion du régime de garantie des créances des salariés Depuis sa création en 1974, l’AGS a subi d’importantes mutations : initialement conçue pour pallier les insuffisances d’une protection bâtie sur un système de privilèges, elle est désormais un « amortisseur social » pour les salariés de l’entreprise en difficulté. Paradoxalement, cette évolution est également source d’interrogations sur le devenir du fonds en raison de la différence considérable relevée entre le montant des avances consenties aux salariés et celui des remboursements. Le législateur et le juge ont contribué à la dégradation de sa situation en accréditant l’idée que l’AGS constitue un « employeur de substitution », et en suscitant, chez les salariés, le sentiment qu’elle n’est qu’un simple guichet de paiement des salaires. Assurer la pérennité du système de garantie des créances salariales, technique sui generis participant de l’intérêt général, est nécessaire mais risque, au fil des ans, de se révéler de plus en plus difficile si des mesures énergiques ne sont pas rapidement prises. / In times of economic crises, guaranteeing the payment of wages in the event of insolvency on the part of an employer is a cructical issue. In France, this protection is provided by a national insolvency fund, the Association pour la Gestion du régime des garanties des créances des Salariés. Since its creation in 1974, the AGS has undergone significant changes. While it was originally designed to compensate the deficiencies of a protection built on a system of privileges, it has now become a “social buffer” against a payment default on wages for the employees of a company in difficulty. Paradoxically, this evolution has ushered in further questioning with regards to the future of the fund, due to the considerable disparity between the amounts of the advances granted to the employees and those amounts reimbursed to the fund. The legislator and the courts have both contributed to the degradation of its situation by giving credence to the idea that the AGS is a “substitute employer”, which yielded the impression, for the employees, that it was a mere cash-teller for the payment of salaries. Although it is necessary to ensure the durability of this protective system, as a sui generis contribution to the common good, it might prove more and more difficult, if drastic measures are not taken promptly to fix the system.

Les financements structurés semblent se construire comme des instruments de neutralisation de la procédure collective. Ces montages, utilisés tant en matière de financement d'acquisition (LBO) qu'en matière de financement de projet, ont vocation à influencer tant lu saisie collective que les répartitions qui en découle (première partie). Face au caractère d'ordre public de la procédure collective, le nombre de stratégies permettant d'assurer l 'efficacité des financements structurés en cas de restructuration est limitée. Les montages pourront s'appuyer sur deux méthodes s'appuyer sur des textes dérogatoires (ex : titrisation) ou s'appuyer sur les limites des procédures collectives pour éviter les effets de la faillite (ex : les double Lux co). L'utilisation des limites du droit des procédures collectives ou de régimes spécifiques sera-t-elle suffisante pour échapper aux contraintes des procédures collectives? Cette question se posera tant durant la phase de saisie collective que durant celle des répartitions. Il conviendra donc d'étudier la résistance de financements structurés face à l'épreuve de la procédure collective (seconde partie). / Structured finance seems to be design as a tools to neutralize insolvency procedures. Those financing agreement, used in LBO and in project finance, are intended to influence both the assets seizure and the resulting distributions during the restructuring process (Part 1 ). Most of the time, rules of insolvency procedures are considered binding and should not be impacted by contracts. Therefore, the number of efficient strategies for structured finance in the event of restructuring ore limited. The structure can be based on specific legal status (e.g: securitization) or rely on the limits of insolvency procedures (c.g.: schemes implying Luxemburgish holding). Will contractual forecast defined by structured finance be enforceable during the restructuring process? It will therefore be necessary to study the resistance of structured finance to the constrained or insolvency procedures (second part).