A defendant who does not appear may, on the initiative of the plaintiff or on a decision taken ex officio by the judge, be invited to appear again if the summons was not delivered in person.
Subject to the application of rules specific to certain jurisdictions, the summons is repeated in the same manner as the first summons. The judge may, however, order that it be made by a bailiff’s writ where the first summons had been made by the court clerk. The new summons must mention, as appropriate, the provisions of articles 472 and 473 or those of article 474 (paragraph 2).
The judge may also inform the interested party, by simple letter, of the consequences of his abstention.