French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Stoppage of proceedings.
Article 386
Proceedings lapse when neither party takes any action for two years.
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Proceedings lapse when neither party takes any action for two years.
Interruption of the proceedings entails interruption of the time limit.This time limit continues to run in the event of suspension of the proceedings unless the proceedings are suspended only for a ti…
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…
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…
The right of appeal is available in all matters, including those of a non-contentious nature, against first instance judgments unless otherwise provided.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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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