Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

The judge may set aside provisional enforcement in whole or in part if he considers that it is incompatible with the nature of the case. The court may rule on its own initiative or at the request of a party, in a specially reasoned decision. By way of exception, the judge may not set aside provisional execution by operation of law when he rules in summary proceedings, prescribes provisional measures…

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 514-3, provisional enforcement by operation of law may only be set aside by the decision in question.

In the event of an appeal, the matter may be referred to the first president in order to halt the provisional enforcement of the decision where there is a serious plea for annulment or reversal and enforcement is likely to entail manifestly excessive consequences. An application by a party who appeared at first instance without commenting on provisional enforcement is admissible only if, in addition to the existence of a…

Where provisional enforcement by operation of law has been set aside in whole or in part, its reinstatement may be requested, in the event of an appeal, only from the first president or, as soon as he is seised, from the magistrate in charge of the preparation of the case and provided that there is urgency, that such reinstatement is compatible with the nature of the case and that it…

The rejection of an application to set aside or halt provisional enforcement by operation of law and the reinstatement of provisional enforcement by operation of law may be made subject, at the request of a party or of its own motion, to the provision of security, real or personal, sufficient to meet any restitution or reparation.

When a case is referred to it pursuant to articles 514-3 and 514-4, the First President shall rule in summary proceedings, in a decision that is not subject to appeal.