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Article 1561 of the French Code of civil procedure

The subject matter of the dispute shall be determined by the respective claims of the parties as set out in the application provided for in Article 1560.

The parties may not amend their claims other than to update the amount of a claim relating to a claim for successive performance, to oppose a subsequent payment or set-off or to have questions arising from the intervention of a third party or from the occurrence or revelation of a fact subsequent to the establishment of the agreement determined.

The parties may only change the legal basis of their claim or raise new pleas in law in order to respond to the judge’s invitation to provide the explanations of fact or law that he deems necessary for the resolution of the dispute.

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Article 1561
L’objet du litige est déterminé par les prétentions respectives des parties telles que formulées dans la requête prévue à l’article 1560.


Les parties ne peuvent modifier leurs prétentions, si ce n’est pour actualiser le montant d’une demande relative à une créance à exécution successive, opposer un paiement ou une compensation ultérieur ou faire juger les questions nées de l’intervention d’un tiers ou de la survenance ou de la révélation d’un fait postérieur à l’établissement de l’accord.


Les parties ne peuvent modifier le fondement juridique de leur demande ou soulever de nouveaux moyens qu’en vue de répondre à l’invitation du juge de fournir les explications de fait ou de droit qu’il estime nécessaires à la solution du litige.



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