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Article 820 of the French Code of civil procedure

The application to the court may be made for the purposes of a preliminary attempt at conciliation outside the cases in which the first paragraph of Article 750-1 applies.

The request for a preliminary attempt at conciliation is made by application made, delivered or addressed to the court registry.

The limitation period and the time limits for taking action are interrupted by the registration of the request.

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Article 820

La demande en justice peut être formée aux fins de tentative préalable de conciliation hors les cas dans lesquels le premier alinéa de l’article 750-1 s’applique.

La demande aux fins de tentative préalable de conciliation est formée par requête faite, remise ou adressée au greffe.


La prescription et les délais pour agir sont interrompus par l’enregistrement de la demande.

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