Without prejudice to Article 505, the appeal shall be lodged within ten days of the delivery of the contradictory judgment.
However, the time limit for appeal only runs from the service of the judgment regardless of the method of service:
1° For the party who, after adversarial proceedings, was not present or represented at the hearing where the judgment was delivered, but only in the event that he or his representative was not informed of the day on which the judgment would be delivered;
2° For an accused person who was tried in his absence, but after hearing a lawyer who appeared to defend him, without however being the holder of a representation order signed by the accused;
3° For an accused person who did not appear in the case provided for in the fifth paragraph of article 411, where his lawyer was not present.
The same applies in the cases provided for in Articles 410 and 494-1, subject to the provisions of l’article 498-1.