---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1512"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1512"
heading: "Participation of a foreign representative in a case under this title"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1512"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases"
  - "Subchapter II — Access of Foreign Representatives and Creditors to the Court"
---

# §1512. Participation of a foreign representative in a case under this title


Upon [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7) of a [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23), the [foreign representative](/usc/11/101.md?p=24) in the recognized proceeding is entitled to participate as a party in interest in a case regarding the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1) under this title.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 138.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.