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Article 595 of the French Code of civil procedure

An application for review may only be made for one of the following reasons:

1. If, after the judgment, it is revealed that the decision was surprised by the fraud of the party in whose favour it was given;

2. If, since the judgment, decisive material has been recovered which had been withheld by the act of another party;

3. If he has been judged on exhibits acknowledged or judicially declared to be false since the judgment;

4. If he has been judged on attestations, testimonies or oaths that have been judicially declared false since the judgment.

In all these cases, the appeal is admissible only if its author was unable, through no fault of his own, to assert the cause he is invoking before the decision became res judicata.

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Article 595

Le recours en révision n’est ouvert que pour l’une des causes suivantes :

1. S’il se révèle, après le jugement, que la décision a été surprise par la fraude de la partie au profit de laquelle elle a été rendue ;

2. Si, depuis le jugement, il a été recouvré des pièces décisives qui avaient été retenues par le fait d’une autre partie ;

3. S’il a été jugé sur des pièces reconnues ou judiciairement déclarées fausses depuis le jugement ;

4. S’il a été jugé sur des attestations, témoignages ou serments judiciairement déclarés faux depuis le jugement.

Dans tous ces cas, le recours n’est recevable que si son auteur n’a pu, sans faute de sa part, faire valoir la cause qu’il invoque avant que la décision ne soit passée en force de chose jugée.

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