If the request for conciliation is submitted after the expiry of the time limit set out in Article R. 141-15, the Chairman of the Mediation Conference may invite the other party to take part in an optional conciliation procedure.
The parties must then inform the president of the conciliators’ conference in writing of their decision whether or not to submit to the optional conciliation procedure.
The provisions of this article also apply when conciliation is not a compulsory prerequisite to the exercise of a contentious appeal.