French Code of civil procedure

The arbitral tribunal may order the parties to take any protective or provisional measure it deems appropriate, under the conditions it shall determine and, if necessary, subject to a penalty payment. However, the State court alone shall have jurisdiction to order protective attachments and judicial securities. The arbitral tribunal may modify or supplement the provisional or protective measure it has ordered.

If a party to the arbitral proceedings intends to rely on an authentic or private deed to which it was not a party or on a document held by a third party, it may, at the invitation of the arbitral tribunal, summon that third party before the president of the judicial court for the purpose of obtaining the issue of a copy or the production of the deed or document….

Unless otherwise stipulated, the arbitral tribunal shall have the power to decide the incident of verification of handwriting or forgery in accordance with the provisions of Articles 287 to 294 and from article 299. In the event of an incidental false registration, Article 313 shall apply. .

The interruption of proceedings is governed by the provisions of articles 369 to 372.

The arbitral tribunal may, if appropriate, stay the proceedings. Such decision shall suspend the course of the proceedings for such time or until the occurrence of such event as it shall determine. The arbitral tribunal may, depending on the circumstances, revoke the stay or shorten the time limit.

Unless otherwise agreed, the arbitral proceedings shall also be suspended in the event of the death, impediment, abstention, resignation, challenge or removal of an arbitrator until the arbitrator appointed to replace him accepts his assignment. The new arbitrator shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures agreed between the parties or, failing that, in accordance with those which governed the appointment of the arbitrator whom he replaces.

The interruption or suspension of the proceedings shall not relieve the arbitral tribunal of its jurisdiction. The arbitral tribunal may invite the parties to inform it of their initiatives with a view to resuming the proceedings or putting an end to the causes of interruption or suspension. If the parties fail to do so, it may terminate the proceedings.

The proceedings shall resume in the state they were in at the time they were interrupted or suspended when the causes of their interruption or suspension cease to exist. When proceedings are resumed and by way of exception to Article 1463, the arbitral tribunal may decide that the time limit for the proceedings shall be extended for a period not exceeding six months.

The arbitral tribunal shall fix the date on which the deliberation will be pronounced. During the deliberation, no claim may be made, no plea raised and no exhibit produced, except at the request of the arbitral tribunal.

The expiry of the arbitration period shall result in the termination of the arbitral proceedings.