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Article L121-4 of the French Code of civil enforcement procedures

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 3252-11 of the Labour Code, the parties may be assisted or represented before the enforcement judge in accordance with the rules applicable before the judicial court in matters where the assistance of a lawyer is not compulsory before that court:

1° When the application relates to eviction ;

2° Where the claim arises from a debt or seeks payment of a sum that does not exceed an amount determined by decree by the Conseil d’Etat.

2° is without prejudice to the special provisions applicable to the seizure of immovable property, ships, aircraft and inland waterway vessels with a tonnage of twenty tonnes or more.

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Article L121-4

Sans préjudice des dispositions de l’article L. 3252-11 du code du travail, les parties ont la faculté de se faire assister ou représenter devant le juge de l’exécution selon les règles applicables devant le tribunal judiciaire dans les matières où le ministère d’avocat n’est pas obligatoire devant celui-ci :

1° Lorsque la demande est relative à l’expulsion ;

2° Lorsqu’elle a pour origine une créance ou tend au paiement d’une somme qui n’excède pas un montant déterminé par décret en Conseil d’Etat.

Le 2° ne préjudicie pas aux dispositions particulières applicables à la saisie des immeubles, navires, aéronefs et bateaux de navigation intérieure d’un tonnage égal ou supérieur à vingt tonnes.

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