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Article R464-14 of the French Commercial code

As soon as it is notified of the appeal, the Autorité de la concurrence shall transmit to the court registry the case file, which shall include the investigation minutes and reports, the objections, the observations, the report, the documents and the pleadings referred to in Article L. 463-2.

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Article R464-15 of the French Commercial code

Where the statement of appeal does not contain a statement of the grounds of appeal relied upon, the applicant shall file at the Registry, on pain of being declared null and void, written observations containing such statement within two months of notification of the Competition Authority’s decision. Under the same penalty and within the same time limit, the applicant must also file at the court registry a list of the…

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Article R464-15-1 of the French Commercial code

Where the appellant is unrepresented, he shall without delay inform the court registry, the parties before the appeal court and the minister responsible for the economy, where he is not a party to the proceedings, of any change of address.

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Article R464-17 of the French Commercial code

Where the action is likely to affect the rights or obligations of other persons who were parties before the Competition Authority, such persons may intervene in the proceedings before the Court of Appeal. Voluntary intervention is made, on pain of inadmissibility raised ex officio, by a written and reasoned statement lodged at the registry under the conditions provided for in article R. 464-12 within one month of receipt of the…

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Article R464-18 of the French Commercial code

The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate sets the time limits within which the parties to the proceedings must send each other their written observations, send them to the minister responsible for the economy when he is not a party to the proceedings and file a copy at the court registry. The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate sets the time limits…

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Article R464-19 of the French Commercial code

The Minister responsible for the economy, where he is not a party to the proceedings, and the Competition Authority may present oral observations at the hearing at their request or at the request of the first president or the court.

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Article R464-20 of the French Commercial code

The appeals provided for in Article L. 464-7 shall be brought before the court of appeal by way of summons to a hearing previously indicated by the first president or his delegate. On pain of nullity, the summons shall contain, in addition to the particulars prescribed for bailiff’s documents, the subject of the action with a statement of the grounds. Under the same penalty, a copy of the contested decision…

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Article R464-21 of the French Commercial code

The Minister for Economic Affairs, when he is not a party to the proceedings, and the Competition Authority may submit written and oral observations. The latter are presented at their request or at the request of the first president or the court.

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Article R464-22 of the French Commercial code

Applications for a stay of execution provided for in articles L. 464-7 and L. 464-8 shall be brought by summons before the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal, in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph of Article 485 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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