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Article 686 of the French Code of civil procedure

Unless it has been possible to effect service by post, the authority responsible for service must, on the same day or, at the latest, on the first working day thereafter, send to the addressee, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a certified copy of the document to be served indicating very clearly that it constitutes a simple copy.

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Article 686

A moins que la notification ait pu être faite par voie postale, l’autorité chargée de la notification doit, le jour même ou, au plus tard, le premier jour ouvrable suivant, expédier au destinataire, par lettre recommandée avec demande d’avis de réception, une copie certifiée conforme de l’acte à notifier indiquant de manière très apparente qu’elle en constitue une simple copie.

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