Résumé
What remains of the collective character of collective procedures ? Through their reduced effects and the link between them and conciliation proceedings, accelerated safeguards seem to signal the advent of a new model of collective proceedings. However, this is not the case. If the classic model of collective proceedings seems to be disrupted by the institution of accelerated safeguards, it can be restored by examining the collective nature of the procedure. The study of accelerated procedures, and in particular the study of the accelerated financial safeguard procedure, allows the author to reveal a definition of collective character able to reflect the evolution of the subject. Redefined, collective character can be restored to its original functions as a criterion for qualifying all collective proceedings. The architecture of the subject can thus be rethought. In the end, the collective character is still the quintessence of insolvency proceedings today. Omnipresent in their regime, it establishes their structure and defines their borders.