Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

The appeals provided for in article L. 464-8 shall be lodged by a written statement in triplicate lodged against a receipt at the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal containing, under penalty of nullity: 1° If the applicant is a natural person, his surname, forenames, profession, domicile, nationality, date and place of birth and, where applicable, the unique identification number of the company ; 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 parties to whom the Competition Authority’s decision has been notified, mentioned in the annex to the letter of notification provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 464-30, on the one hand, and to…

As soon as it is notified of the appeal, the Autorité de la concurrence shall transmit to the court registry the case file, which shall include the investigation minutes and reports, the objections, the observations, the report, the documents and the pleadings referred to in Article L. 463-2.

Where the statement of appeal does not contain a statement of the grounds of appeal relied upon, the applicant shall file at the Registry, on pain of being declared null and void, written observations containing such statement within two months of notification of the Competition Authority’s decision. Under the same penalty and within the same time limit, the applicant must also file at the court registry a list of the…

Where the appellant is unrepresented, he shall without delay inform the court registry, the parties before the appeal court and the minister responsible for the economy, where he is not a party to the proceedings, of any change of address.

Where the action is likely to affect the rights or obligations of other persons who were parties before the Competition Authority, such persons may intervene in the proceedings before the Court of Appeal. Voluntary intervention is made, on pain of inadmissibility raised ex officio, by a written and reasoned statement lodged at the registry under the conditions provided for in article R. 464-12 within one month of receipt of the…

The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate sets the time limits within which the parties to the proceedings must send each other their written observations, send them to the minister responsible for the economy when he is not a party to the proceedings and file a copy at the court registry. The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate sets the time limits…

The Minister responsible for the economy, where he is not a party to the proceedings, and the Competition Authority may present oral observations at the hearing at their request or at the request of the first president or the court.