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Article 496 of the French Code of civil procedure

If the request is not granted, an appeal may be lodged unless the order is issued by the First President of the Court of Appeal. The time limit for appeal is fifteen days. The appeal is lodged, investigated and judged as in non-contentious matters. If the application is granted, any interested party may refer the matter to the judge who made the order.

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Article 500 of the French Code of civil procedure

A judgment which is not subject to an appeal suspending enforcement has the force of res judicata. A judgment that is subject to such an appeal acquires the same force on expiry of the time limit for the appeal if the appeal has not been lodged within the time limit.

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Article 503 of the French Code of civil procedure

Judgments may not be enforced against those against whom they are opposed until they have been notified, unless enforcement is voluntary. In the event of enforcement solely on the basis of the original document, presentation of the latter is equivalent to notification.

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Article 504 of the French Code of civil procedure

Proof of enforceability arises from the judgment where it is not subject to any suspensive appeal or is provisionally enforceable. In other cases, this proof results from: – either the acquiescence of the convicted party; – or from notification of the decision and a certificate making it possible to establish, by reconciliation with this notification, the absence, within the time limit, of an opposition, an appeal, or an appeal in…

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Article 505 of the French Code of civil procedure

Any party may obtain from the registrar of the court before which the appeal could have been lodged a certificate attesting to the absence of any opposition, appeal or appeal in cassation or indicating the date of the appeal if one has been lodged.

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