(1) Debtors who satisfy at least two out of the three criteria referred to in section 22a (1) are entitled to a preliminary meeting at the insolvency court competent for them to discuss objects which are relevant to the proceedings, in particular the conditions for debtor-in-possessor management, debtor-in-possession management planning, the composition of the provisional creditors’ committee, the individual who is to be made provisional insolvency administrator or insolvency monitor, any other preservation orders and the authorisation to establish debts incumbent on the estate. If the debtor referred to in sentence 1 is not entitled to a preliminary meeting, it is at the discretion of the court whether to offer to hold such a preliminary meeting.
(2) With the debtor’s consent, the court may hear creditors, in particular in order to discuss their willingness to belong to a provisional creditors’ committee.
(3) The division for which the court conducts the preliminary meeting in accordance with subsection (1) sentence 1 is responsible for the insolvency proceedings relating to the debtor’s assets for the six months following the preliminary meeting.