Section 3a: Provisions relating to electronic communication using the application referred to in Article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice

When submitted by a lawyer or an advocate at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de cassation, the appeal may be sent to the court electronically by means of the dedicated computer application accessible via the internet network, mentioned in article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice. Briefs and exhibits subsequently produced must then be sent to the court by the same means, failing which they will be…

The identification of the author of an appeal or brief, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in Article R. 414-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice, is equivalent to a signature for the application of the provisions of this code. However, when the appeal or brief has not been the subject of an electronic signature within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article…

Each of the documents attached to the application and transmitted by the representative in the application referred to in Article R. 532-28-1 must be transmitted in a separate file, failing which the appeal will be inadmissible. This obligation also applies to the transmission of attachments to supplementary pleadings. Each file bears a heading beginning with the serial number assigned to the document it contains by the detailed inventory provided for…

The arrival of the appeal and the various pleadings is certified by the acknowledgement of receipt issued electronically.

The court may, by means of the same application, send all communications and notifications provided for in this chapter to the agents registered therein. Unless he requests otherwise, a representative registered in the application shall be alerted to any communication or notification by an electronic message sent to the address he has indicated. The authorised representative is deemed to have received the communication or notification on the date of first…

The Court may, by means of the application mentioned in Article R. 532-28-1, send to agents not yet registered in this application all the communications and notifications provided for in this chapter, provided that they are notified each time by a letter indicating the connection procedures. This letter shall be sent by letter delivered against a signature or by any other means enabling the date of receipt to be certified…