Book II: Provisions specific to each court.

The joint motion is admissible only if it is presented by all the parties to the first instance.

In addition to the information prescribed in Article 57, the joint application shall contain, on pain of inadmissibility: 1° A certified copy of the judgment; 2° Where applicable, an indication of the heads of the judgment to which the appeal is limited; 3° The constitution of the parties’ lawyers. It shall be signed by the lawyers constituted.

The matter is referred to the court by delivery of the joint application to the clerk’s office. This delivery must be made within the time limit for appeal.

The First President shall fix the day and time on which the case is to be called; if appropriate, he shall designate the chamber to which it is to be distributed. Notice thereof shall be given to the lawyers who have been constituted.

The case is heard and decided as in short proceedings.