Article 509 of the French Code of civil procedure
Judgments rendered by foreign courts and deeds received by foreign officers shall be enforceable in the territory of the Republic in the manner and in the cases provided by law.
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Judgments rendered by foreign courts and deeds received by foreign officers shall be enforceable in the territory of the Republic in the manner and in the cases provided by law.
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…
Applications for recognition or declaration of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign enforceable titles pursuant to: – Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters; – Articles 45 to 58 and 61 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable…
I. – By way of derogation from Article 509-2, applications for the recognition or establishment of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign notarial authentic instruments pursuant to: – of Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and the acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters…
The application shall be submitted in duplicate. It must include a precise indication of the documents relied on.
Reasons shall be given for the decision rejecting the application for a declaration of enforceability.
The certificate, or the decision relating to the application for recognition or declaration of enforceability, shall be delivered to the applicant against a certificate or receipt, or shall be notified to the applicant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The duplicate of the application and the certificate or decision shall be kept at the registry. The certificate issued pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and…
If it does not emanate from the judge, the refusal to issue the certificate may be referred to the president of the judicial court. The president of the court will give the final ruling on the application, after hearing or summoning the applicant and the requested authority.
Applications made pursuant to Articles 11 and 13 of Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters shall be made before the president of the judicial court ruling under the accelerated procedure on the merits.
The decision ruling on the application for a declaration of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign deeds and instruments, provided for in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, the recognition and enforcement of decisions and the acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation…
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