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Article 820 of the French Code of civil procedure

The application to the court may be made for the purposes of a preliminary attempt at conciliation outside the cases in which the first paragraph of Article 750-1 applies. The request for a preliminary attempt at conciliation is made by application made, delivered or addressed to the court registry. The limitation period and the time limits for taking action are interrupted by the registration of the request.

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Article 821 of the French Code of civil procedure

The judge may delegate the preliminary conciliation attempt to a court conciliator. The court clerk notifies the defendant of the judge’s decision by any means. The notice shall specify the surname, first names, profession and address of the claimant and the subject of the claim.

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Article 822 of the French Code of civil procedure

The claimant and the judicial conciliator are notified by any means of the judge’s decision. A copy of the request is sent to the conciliator. The judicial conciliator shall proceed with the conciliation attempt as set out in articles 129-3 to 129-5,130 and 131. At his request, his mission may be renewed, without it being necessary to obtain the agreement of the parties. If the conciliation attempt fails, the court…

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Article 823 of the French Code of civil procedure

The notices sent to the parties by the court clerk specify that each party may appear before the conciliator with a person who is entitled to assist him before the judge. The parties are further advised that, pursuant to articles 824 and 826, the provisions of which are reproduced, the court may be seised for the purposes of homologation of their agreement or for the purposes of judgment if conciliation…

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Article 825 of the French Code of civil procedure

When the judge makes the preliminary conciliation attempt himself, the court registry notifies the claimant by any means of the place, day and time at which the conciliation hearing will take place. The defendant is summoned by simple letter. The summons mentions the surname, first names, profession and address of the claimant as well as the subject of the claim. The notice and the summons specify that each party may…

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