If the defendant to the appeal has not constituted a lawyer, service is made on the party himself.
The document of service indicates to the defendant that he must, if he intends to defend the appeal, constitute a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de cassation and informs him that if he does not constitute a lawyer, the judgment to be delivered cannot be opposed. This document also specifies the time limit within which the defendant must submit his statement of defence to the court registry and lodge any cross-appeal.