Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Notifications between parties shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by direct notification between the parties’ lawyers. Pleadings must be filed at the court registry in triplicate.

Parties appearing in court who submit their claims in writing and who are assisted or represented by a lawyer must expressly state their claims and the pleas of fact and law on which each of these claims is based, indicating for each claim the documents relied on and their numbering. A list of the documents supporting these claims is annexed to their written submissions. These written submissions include a separate…

Before the Court of Appeal or its first president, the parties defend themselves. They have the option of being assisted or represented by a lawyer. The Minister responsible for the economy is represented by the Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or his delegate.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office may take notice of cases in which it considers it should intervene.

The decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal or its first president are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by the court registry to the parties to the proceedings, and, where applicable, to the Minister responsible for the economy when he is not a party to the proceedings. The Competition Authority ensures that its decisions are enforced and publishes them on its website. This publication starts the appeal…

Decisions taken by the rapporteur general of the Autorité de la concurrence pursuant to Article L. 463-4 granting protection of business secrecy or refusing to lift such secrecy may only be appealed together with the Authority’s decision on the merits.

The decisions of the Autorité de la concurrence and of the rapporteur general shall be notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. On pain of nullity, the letter of notification shall indicate the time limit for appeal and the procedures by which it may be exercised. It shall include in an annex the names, capacities and addresses of the parties to whom the decision of the Autorité de la…

The increases in time limits provided for in Article 643 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to actions brought under the provisions of this chapter.