Chapter I: Litigation procedure.

The Conseiller de la mise en état may of his own motion, by order and by reason of the nature of the case, set shorter time limits than those provided for in Articles 908 to 910. The lapse of the statement of appeal pursuant to Articles 902 and 908 or the inadmissibility of the submissions pursuant to Articles 909 and 910 shall be decided by order of the Conseiller de…

The time limits provided for in the first paragraph of Article 905-1, in article 905-2, in the third paragraph of Article 902 and in article 908 are increased: – by one month, when the claim is brought either before a court that has its seat in metropolitan France, for parties who reside in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia…

The Conseiller de la mise en status examines the case within fifteen days of the expiry of the time limits for closing and communicating exhibits. He sets the date for closure and the date for oral argument. However, if the case requires further exchanges of pleadings, without prejudice to Article 910-4, it shall set the timetable for this, after obtaining the opinion of the lawyers. In all cases, the files,…

The Pre-Trial Judge may order the lawyers to bring their submissions into line with the provisions of Articles 954 and 961.

The parties shall submit to the Conseiller de la mise en état, who shall have sole jurisdiction from his appointment until the close of the hearing, their submissions, specially addressed to that magistrate, seeking: – declare the appeal null and void; – declare the appeal inadmissible and decide on this occasion any question relating to the admissibility of the appeal; the pleas tending to the inadmissibility of the appeal must…

The Conseiller de la mise en état, when the matter is referred to him, has sole jurisdiction to suspend the enforcement of judgments improperly qualified as final judgments and to exercise the powers conferred on him in relation to provisional enforcement.

Orders of the Conseiller de la Mise en Condition are not subject to appeal independently of the judgment on the merits. However, they may be referred by application to the court within fifteen days of their date when they have the effect of putting an end to the proceedings, when they establish that they are terminated or when they relate to provisional measures in matters of divorce or legal separation….