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FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES

The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.

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Article 65(3) - Information on how to determine, in accordance with national law, the effects of the judgments referred to in Article 65(2) of the Regulation

Not applicable

Article 74 - Description of national rules and procedures concerning enforcement

See ‘Procedure for enforcement of a court judgment’.

Article 75 (a) – Names and contact details of the courts to which the applications are to be submitted pursuant to Articles 36(2), 45(4) and 47(1)

for applications for refusal of enforcement, the enforcement judge of the Combined Court (Tribunal Judiciaire), since this application can be made only in the context of a challenge to an enforcement measure.

for applications for a decision that there are no grounds for refusal of recognition under Article 36(2), and applications for refusal of recognition (Article 45), the Combined Court if this is the principal issue.

Article 75 (b) – Names and contact details of the courts with which an appeal against the decision on the application for refusal of enforcement is to be lodged pursuant to Article 49(2)

- in France, the Court of Appeal (Cour d’appel). The court of appeal with territorial jurisdiction depends on the court that issued the decision at first instance.

Article 75 (c) – Names and contact details of the courts with which any further appeal is to be lodged pursuant to Article 50

- in France, the Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation).

Article 75 (d) – Languages accepted for translations of the certificates concerning judgments, authentic instruments and court settlements

Not applicable

Article 76(1)(a) – Rules of jurisdiction referred to in Articles 5(2) and 6(2) of the Regulation

- in France, Articles 14 and 15 of the Civil Code

Article 76(1)(b) – Rules on third party notice referred to in Article 65 of the Regulation

Not applicable

Article 76(1)(c) – Conventions referred to in Article 69 of the Regulation

  • the Convention between Belgium and France on Jurisdiction and the Validity and Enforcement of Judgments, Arbitration Awards and Authentic Instruments, signed at Paris on 8 July 1899,
  • the Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria and the Government of the French Republic on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil Matters, signed at Sofia on 18 January 1989,
  • the Treaty between the Government of the Republic of France and the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on Legal Assistance and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil, Family and Commercial Matters, signed at Paris on 10 May 1984,
  • the Convention between France and Spain on the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments, Arbitration Awards and Authentic Instruments in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at Paris on 28 May 1969,
  • the Agreement of 25 February 1974, in the form of an exchange of notes interpreting Articles 2 and 17 of the Convention between France and Spain on the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments, Arbitration Awards and Authentic Instruments in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at Paris on 28 May 1969,
  • the Convention between the Government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Government of the Republic of France on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, signed at Paris on 18 May 1971,
  • the Convention between the People’s Republic of Hungary and the French Republic on Legal Assistance in Civil and Family Law, on the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments and on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and on Extradition, signed at Budapest on 31 July 1980,
  • the Convention between France and Italy on the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at Rome on 3 June 1930,
  • the Convention between France and Austria on the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments and Authentic Instruments in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at Vienna on 15 July 1966,
  • the Convention between the Socialist Republic of Romania and the French Republic on Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at Paris on 5 November 1974.
Last update: 10/05/2023

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