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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial administration measures.

Article 965

The first president may delegate to one or more magistrates of the court all or part of the functions assigned to him by subtitles I and II. The presidents of chambers may likewise delegate to the mag…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 985

The statement of appeal shall contain, on pain of nullity: 1° For natural person plaintiffs: an indication of their surname, first names and domicile; For legal person plaintiffs: an indication of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 990

Where a statement of case is produced by the plaintiff, the Registrar of the Court of Cassation shall without delay notify a copy to the defendant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1022

A copy of the judgment shall be sent to the court from which the contested decision emanates.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-9

The application for review shall contain, on pain of nullity:1° For the applicants: an indication of their surnames, forenames and domicile. Where the interested party is deceased or declared absent,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-10

The declaration shall be delivered to the court registry in as many copies as there are defendants, plus two.The delivery shall be recorded by mention of its date and the visa of the court registrar o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-14

The applicant must also attach the documents relied on in support of the application for review and a copy of the last written submissions filed by the parties to the review before the court from whic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-16

On pain of inadmissibility pronounced ex officio, the defendant to the review shall have a period of two months from service of the applicant's statement of case to submit to the clerk's office of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1034

Unless the case has been referred to the referring court without prior notification, the statement must, on pain of inadmissibility being raised of its own motion, be made before the expiry of a perio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1036

The registrar of the referring court shall forthwith send, by simple letter, to each of the parties to the cassation proceedings, a copy of the declaration with, if applicable, an indication of the ob…

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