Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

By way of derogation from the provisions of Title VI of Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure, the appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8-2 shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the provisions of this Section and Section 4.

The appeals provided for in article L. 464-8-2 shall be lodged by means of a written declaration in triplicate lodged against a receipt at the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal containing, on pain of nullity: 1° If the applicant is a natural person, the applicant’s surname, forenames, profession, domicile, nationality, date and place of birth and, where applicable, the company’s unique identification number; if the applicant is a…

Within five days of the filing of the declaration, and failing which the declaration shall automatically lapse, the applicant shall send a copy of the declaration, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the Autorité de la concurrence and to the Minister responsible for the economy. Within the same time limit and subject to the same penalty, the applicant must provide proof of notification of this declaration to the…

Where the appellant is unrepresented, he shall without delay inform the court registry, the parties to the proceedings and the minister responsible for the economy of any change of address. .

The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate shall set the time limits within which the parties to the proceedings must communicate their written observations to each other, send them to the minister responsible for the economy and file a copy at the court registry. The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate shall set the time limits within which the minister responsible for…

The Autorité de la concurrence and the minister responsible for the economy may present oral observations at the hearing at their request or at the request of the first president or the court.

The Court of Appeal shall rule within one month of the appeal. An appeal in cassation may be lodged within one month of notification of the court’s ruling.