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Article 70 of the French Code of civil procedure

Counterclaims or additional claims are admissible only if they are connected to the original claims by a sufficient link.

However, a claim for compensation is admissible even in the absence of such a link, unless the judge disjoins it if it risks excessively delaying judgment on the whole.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 70
Les demandes reconventionnelles ou additionnelles ne sont recevables que si elles se rattachent aux prétentions originaires par un lien suffisant.

Toutefois, la demande en compensation est recevable même en l’absence d’un tel lien, sauf au juge à la disjoindre si elle risque de retarder à l’excès le jugement sur le tout.

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