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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1442

The arbitration agreement takes the form of an arbitration clause or an arbitration agreement. An arbitration clause is the agreement by which the parties to one or more contracts undertake to submit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1449

…al court, who shall rule on the investigative measures under the conditions provided for in Article 145 and, in urgent cases, on provisional or conservatory measures requested by the parties to the ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1451

…ointment by the arbitrators chosen or, failing that, by the supporting judge referred to in Article 1459.The arbitral tribunal shall be composed of one or more arbitrators in an even number.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1461

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 1456, any stipulation contrary to the rules laid down in this chapter shall be deemed unwritten.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1464

Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, the arbitral tribunal shall determine the arbitral procedure without being bound to follow the rules established for state courts. However, the guiding princi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1471

The interruption of proceedings is governed by the provisions of articles 369 to 372.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1473

Unless otherwise agreed, the arbitral proceedings shall also be suspended in the event of the death, impediment, abstention, resignation, challenge or removal of an arbitrator until the arbitrator app…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Exequatur

Article 1488

Exequatur may not be granted if the award is manifestly contrary to public policy. The order refusing the exequatur shall state the reasons on which it is based.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1408

The creditor may, in the application for an order for payment, request that in the event of opposition, the case be immediately referred to the court he considers competent.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The reconstitution of destroyed documents.

Article 1433

The claim is lodged, investigated and judged as in non-contentious matters.

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