Section 1: Commencement of proceedings and rules of procedure

The group action provided for in Article L. 623-1 shall be brought in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure , subject to the following provisions.

The court with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the defendant lives. The Paris judicial court shall have jurisdiction where the defendant lives abroad or has no known domicile or residence.

In addition to the information prescribed in articles 56 and 752 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the summons shall expressly set out, on pain of nullity, the individual cases presented by the association in support of its action. Copy of the approval order issued pursuant to the provisions of article R. 811-2 is attached to the summons.

The application shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to ordinary written proceedings before the judicial court. The appeal is heard in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 905 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The regulated legal professions to which the person whom the associations may associate pursuant to article L. 623-13 are lawyers and bailiffs.