French Intellectual Property Code

Where the appeal is likely to affect the rights or obligations of other persons who were parties to the proceedings before the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique, such persons may join the proceedings before the court of appeal by means of a written, reasoned statement lodged at the registry under the conditions provided for in Article R. 331-46 within one month of receipt of the registered…

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 and file a copy thereof with the court registry. He shall also set the date for the hearing. The court registry notifies the parties of these time limits and summonses them to the hearing by registered letter with acknowledgement…

Notifications between parties shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by direct notification between the parties’ lawyers. Procedural documents must be filed with the court registry in triplicate.

Before the Court of Appeal or its First President, the parties are represented and assisted in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 931 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal or its first president are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by the court registry to the parties to the proceedings. They are brought to the attention of the president of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique, the minister in charge of culture and, with regard to disputes concerning the interoperability of technical measures, to the…