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Article 588 of the French Code of civil procedure

Third-party proceedings incidental to a dispute before a court shall be decided by that court if it is of a higher grade than the court that gave the judgment or if, being of equal grade, there is no rule of jurisdiction of public policy that precludes it. In such cases, the third-party objection is lodged in the same way as incidental claims.

In other cases, the incidental third-party objection is brought, by way of a principal claim, before the court which gave the judgment.

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Article 588

La tierce opposition incidente à une contestation dont est saisie une juridiction est tranchée par cette dernière si elle est de degré supérieur à celle qui a rendu le jugement ou si, étant d’égal degré, aucune règle de compétence d’ordre public n’y fait obstacle. La tierce opposition est alors formée de la même manière que les demandes incidentes.

Dans les autres cas, la tierce opposition incidente est portée, par voie de demande principale, devant la juridiction qui a rendu le jugement.

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