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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made abroad or in international arbitration matters

Article 1515

The existence of an arbitral award is established by the production of the original accompanied by the arbitration agreement or copies of these documents meeting the conditions required for their auth…

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

Article 1522

…ve the action for annulment. In that case, they may still appeal against the exequatur order on one of the grounds provided for in Article 1520. An appeal shall be lodged within one month of the notif…

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

Article 1410

…rt registry.If the application is accepted, the court registry gives the applicant a certified copy of the application and the order bearing the executory formula and returns the documents produced.If…

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

Article 1413

On pain of nullity, the document serving the order for payment contains, in addition to the particulars prescribed for judicial officer documents, a summons to:- either to pay the creditor the amount…

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

Article 1416

The opposition shall be lodged within one month of service of the order. However, if service was not made personally, the opposition shall be admissible until the expiry of the period of one month fol…

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

Article 1422

Whatever the method of service, the opposition period provided for in the first paragraph of Article 1416 suspends enforcement. Any opposition lodged within this period is also suspensive. The order d…

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

Article 1424-8

The opposition shall be brought before the court from which the European order for payment emanates. It shall be lodged at the court registry either by declaration against a receipt or by registered l…

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

Article 1424-9

The court shall rule on the application for recovery. It shall hear, within the limits of its jurisdiction of attribution, the initial claim and all incidental claims and defences on the merits. In th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 5: Other remedies

Article 1501

…subject to third-party proceedings before the court that would have had jurisdiction in the absence of arbitration, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 588.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 5: Other remedies

Article 1502

…owever, if the arbitral tribunal cannot be reconvened, the appeal shall be brought before the court of appeal which would have had jurisdiction to hear other appeals against the award.

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