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Article 991 of the French Code of civil procedure

The respondent to the appeal has a period of two months from notification of the appellant’s statement of case or from the expiry of the three-month period provided for in Article 989 to submit a statement in response against a receipt, or to send a statement in response by registered letter, to the clerk’s office of the Cour de cassation and to lodge a cross-appeal, if appropriate.

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Article 991

Le défendeur au pourvoi dispose d’un délai de deux mois à compter de la notification du mémoire du demandeur ou de l’expiration du délai de trois mois prévu à l’article 989 pour remettre contre récépissé, ou adresser par lettre recommandée, au greffe de la Cour de cassation, un mémoire en réponse et former, le cas échéant, un pourvoi incident.

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