inexigibilité

17:36 Jul 22, 2014 

Yes, it is very clear that this is about sums of money. And you can be sure that the creditor's accountant will insist that the amount in question be written off in the creditor's books as uncollectible. Hence my original suggestion.:-)

17:08 Jul 22, 2014 

it's quite clear in the phrase that it is about *sums of money*... can a sum of money be enforced? No, and your discussion entry doesn't show that it can. That's why I chose to rephrase with "due". I don't go with "non-claimability" in fact, but in choosing Daryo's answer that's what it put unfortunately. Hopefully people looking for this in future will read the entire discussion and come to their own conclusions! An unchosen answer is never wasted.

15:02 Jul 22, 2014 

… but that is exactly what it means.
Compare the FR and EN versions of EUR-Lex - document 62010CC0414:

23. Après analyse de la question préjudicielle, nous examinerons, en réponse à un argument des gouvernements allemand et néerlandais, si le droit à déduction cesse au moment de l’extinction ou de l’inexigibilité de la créance fiscale de l’État.

23. In view of the submissions of the German and the Dutch Governments, after my assessment of the question referred, I will examine whether the right to deduct is rendered invalid if the State’s claim for VAT on importation has been extinguished or is no longer enforceable.

You can demand it, you can claim it, you can point to the document that proves the amount is due -- but you have no way to enforce your claim. In other words, you cannot collect. Your claim is in a state of uncollectibility.

10:19 Jul 22, 2014 

"The claimed sums are not due"... as I mentioned!

10:07 Jul 22, 2014 

ASKER, out of interest, how did you then translate the paragraph heading, which is, after all, what you asked about?

09:58 Jul 22, 2014 

The people seeking reclassification as "non pro" should instead try answering this themselves. There are several seasoned Prozzers here in considerable disagreement over this. I eventually translated as "The claimed sums are not due": these are, predictably, assertions directed at the judges. I agree with Daryo's objections re "irrecoverablity" and "uncollectibility"

08:40 Jul 22, 2014 

Debts are recovered or collected. A form of words using either of these is the road to an accurate solution.

07:09 Jul 22, 2014 

not sure what would be the best translation, but it literally means "can not be demanded"

It has NOTHING to do with the debtor not being able to pay due to insolvency, bankruptcy etc...

It's about the debt/obligation itself - contesting that there is at all any obligation to pay

IOW "3) L'inexigibilité des sommes réclamées" in plain English means:
"we don't owe you zilch, your claim hasn't got a leg to stand on"
"you are making unfounded demands"
NOT
"we can't pay"

07:57 Jul 21, 2014 

as I've said, I don't believe you can say "(un)enforceability" here. So for me your candidate term is "non-repayability" (or possibly "several ways" which you haven't mentioned). But "repayment" covers the principal, not the interest. It's the "fact of not being due" I'm trying to get at.

07:08 Jul 21, 2014 

You could say unenforceability, unenforceable nature of, non-repayability. Or you could turn the heading into a positive and say enforceability. There are several ways you could translate this.