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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: International arbitration

Article 1505

In matters of international arbitration, the judge supporting the arbitral proceedings shall, unless otherwise provided, be the president of the Paris judicial court where:1° The arbitration takes pla…

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

Article 1508

The arbitration agreement may, directly or by reference to arbitration rules or rules of procedure, appoint the arbitrator or arbitrators or provide for the manner of their appointment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1544

The parties, assisted by their lawyers, shall work jointly, under the conditions laid down in the agreement, to reach an agreement putting an end to the dispute between them or to the preparation of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: The outcome of the procedure

Article 1555

…ory procedure is extinguished by: 1° The expiry of the participatory procedure agreement; 2° The early termination of the agreement in writing by the parties assisted by their lawyers; 3° The conclusi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: The procedure for judging the entire dispute

Article 1563

The application shall be lodged at the court registry by the lawyer of the earliest party. On pain of inadmissibility, it shall be presented within three months of the end of the participatory procedu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Judicial homologation

Article 1565

The agreement reached by the parties to a mediation, conciliation or participatory procedure may be submitted, for the purpose of making it enforceable, to the homologation of the judge competent to h…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1582

For its application to the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the amount of the civil fines provided for in this Code is replaced by its counterpart in local currency.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Awards rendered in France

Article 1521

The First President or, as soon as the matter is referred to him, the Conseiller de la mise en état may grant exequatur to the award.

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Article 1528

…dispute may, on their own initiative and under the conditions set out in this Book, attempt to resolve it amicably with the assistance of a mediator, a court conciliator or, in the context of a parti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book V: Out-of-court settlement of disputes

Article 1542

The participatory procedure provided for in articles 2062 to 2067 of the Civil Code is governed by the provisions of this Title.

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