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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 905-1

Where the case is set at short notice by the president of the chamber, the appellant shall serve the statement of appeal within ten days of receipt of the notice of setting which is sent to him by the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-4

On pain of inadmissibility, raised ex officio, the parties must submit, as early as the submissions mentioned in articles 905-2 and 908 to 910, all their claims on the merits. Inadmissibility may also…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 831

The judge may, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 446-1, exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hearing. In this case, the judge organises exchanges between the par…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The substantive fast-track procedure

Article 839

Where provision is made by law or regulation for the case to be decided under the accelerated procedure on the merits, the president of the judicial court shall hear the case under the conditions of a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensation for damage by the court and enforcement of the judgment

Article 849-19

In all acts relating to the court's reparation of damages and the forced execution of the judgment, the plaintiff in the action shall specify, in addition to the particulars provided by law, on pain o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 863

The judge responsible for hearing the case shall establish that the parties have reached a settlement, even in part. He may also appoint a judicial conciliator under the conditions set out in article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Summary orders.

Article 873-1

At the request of one of the parties, and if justified by the urgency of the matter, the president of the court hearing an application for interim relief may refer the case to a hearing, the date of w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 891

The decisions of the Tribunal paritaire are notified to the parties themselves by the Registrar by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 902

The Registrar shall forthwith send to each of the respondents, by ordinary letter, a copy of the statement of appeal with an indication of the obligation to constitute a lawyer.In the event of the ret…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 907

Unless Article 905, the case shall be heard under the supervision of a judge of the Chamber to which it is assigned, under the conditions laid down in Articles 780 to 807 and subject to the following…

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