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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 5: Other remedies

Article 1501

An arbitration award may be 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 Arti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 5: Other remedies

Article 1502

Recourse in revision is available against the arbitral award in the cases provided for judgments in Article 595 and under the conditions provided for in Articles 594,596,597 and 601 to 603. The appeal…

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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 1517

…the copy of the arbitral award meeting the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of Article 1516. Where the arbitral award is not drawn up in the French language, the exequatur is also affixed…

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

Article 1530

The conventional mediation and conciliation governed by this Title shall be understood, pursuant to the articles 21 and 21-2 of the aforementioned Act of 8 February 1995, any structured process, by wh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1538

With the consent of the parties concerned, the mediator may visit the premises and interview any persons he deems useful, subject to their agreement.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1539

With the agreement of the parties, the judicial conciliator may enlist the assistance of another judicial conciliator within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal. When the parties meet, the judicia…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1540

In the event of conciliation, even partial conciliation, a statement of agreement may be drawn up and signed by the parties and the conciliator. The conciliation may also be recorded in a statement si…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: The procedure for approving an agreement putting an end to the entire dispute

Article 1557

The application for homologation of the parties' agreement drawn up in accordance with Article 1555 shall be submitted to the judge by application of the most diligent party or of all the parties. On…

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

Article 1564

…the registry of the judicial court, the notification referred to in the third paragraph of Article 1563 states that the opposing party must constitute a lawyer within fifteen days of that notificatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1571

The provisions of this section shall apply to the transaction.

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