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Title XV: Enforcement of the judgment.

Article 500 of the French Code of civil procedure

A judgment which is not subject to an appeal suspending enforcement has the force of res judicata. A judgment that is subject to such an appeal acquires the same force on expiry of the time limit for the appeal if the appeal has not been lodged within the time limit.

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Article 503 of the French Code of civil procedure

Judgments may not be enforced against those against whom they are opposed until they have been notified, unless enforcement is voluntary. In the event of enforcement solely on the basis of the original document, presentation of the latter is equivalent to notification.

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Article 504 of the French Code of civil procedure

Proof of enforceability arises from the judgment where it is not subject to any suspensive appeal or is provisionally enforceable. In other cases, this proof results from: – either the acquiescence of the convicted party; – or from notification of the decision and a certificate making it possible to establish, by reconciliation with this notification, the absence, within the time limit, of an opposition, an appeal, or an appeal in…

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Article 505 of the French Code of civil procedure

Any party may obtain from the registrar of the court before which the appeal could have been lodged a certificate attesting to the absence of any opposition, appeal or appeal in cassation or indicating the date of the appeal if one has been lodged.

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Article 506 of the French Code of civil procedure

Releases, cancellations of security interests, entries, transcriptions or publications that must be made by virtue of a judgment are validly made in view of the production, by any interested party, of a certified copy of the judgment or an extract therefrom and, if it is not provisionally enforceable, proof of its enforceability. This proof may take the form of a certificate drawn up by the lawyer.

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Article 509-1 of the French Code of civil procedure

I. – The following shall be submitted to the director of the registry of the court that rendered the decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate: 1° Applications for the certification of French enforceable titles with a view to their recognition and enforcement abroad pursuant to: – Articles 45 to 58 and 61 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…

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