Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

If a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk’s office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 990 or to Article 992 is replaced by a notification made to that lawyer. The delivery to the lawyer, against a receipt, of a copy of the pleading, bearing the date stamp of the court registry, is equivalent to notification.

In addition to the original, there shall be produced by the plaintiff as many copies of his pleading as there are defendants and by the defendant as many copies of the reply pleading as there are plaintiffs. These copies shall be certified as true by the signatory of the pleading.

If the appeal has been lodged in accordance with the rules of procedure with compulsory representation, it is nonetheless admissible regardless of the procedure subsequently followed. The defendant is not required to be represented by a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de cassation.