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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 529

Where several parties are jointly and severally or indivisibly liable, notification made to one of them shall cause the time limit to run only in respect of that party. In cases where a judgment benef…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 530

The time limit runs against a person under guardianship only from the day on which the judgment is notified both to his legal representative and to the subrogated guardian, if any, even if the latter…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Appealable judgments.

Article 543

The right of appeal is available in all matters, including those of a non-contentious nature, against first instance judgments unless otherwise provided.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-5

The rejection of an application to set aside or halt provisional enforcement by operation of law and the reinstatement of provisional enforcement by operation of law may be made subject, at the reques…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 469

If, after having appeared, one of the parties fails to complete the acts of the proceedings within the required time limits, the judge shall rule by contradictory judgment in the light of the elements…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Stoppage of proceedings.

Article 387

Peremption may be requested by any of the parties. It may be set up by way of exception against a party who performs an act after the expiry of the period of lapse.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 470

If none of the parties completes the procedural acts within the required time limits, the judge may, of his own motion, strike out the case by a decision not subject to appeal after a final notice add…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Preliminary rulings.

Article 482

A judgment which, in its operative part, merely orders an investigative measure or a provisional measure does not have the authority of res judicata in the main proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 528-1

If the judgment has not been notified within two years of its delivery, the party who appeared shall no longer be entitled to bring an appeal as a principal claim after the expiry of the said period.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 531

If, during the time limit for appeal, there is a change in the capacity of a party to whom the judgment had been notified, the time limit is interrupted. This time limit is also interrupted by the eff…

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