French Code of civil procedure
In forceOn pain of forfeiture established, if necessary ex officio, by order of the president of the court of review, the applicant for review must, at the latest within two months of the declaration at the registry, submit to the registry of the court of review a brief containing the pleas in law relied on in support of the application for review. The pleading must, under the same penalty, be notified within the same time limit to the lawyers of the other parties. If the defendant has not constituted a lawyer, the statement of case must, under the same sanction, be served on him at the latest within one month of the expiry of that time limit; however, if in the meantime the defendant constitutes a lawyer before the statement of case is served, his lawyer shall be served.
The pleas in law shall specify how the breach found of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms or its additional protocols, by its nature and gravity, entails harmful consequences for the claimant to which the just satisfaction awarded pursuant to Article 41 of the same Convention cannot put an end to.
The statement of case shall indicate whether a review of a final civil decision or only a review of an appeal is sought.
