1. Ordinary Law of Civil Procedure

There are three types of incidental claim: counterclaims, additional claims, and interventions (Art. 63 CPC). Incidental claims are subject to more flexible formal rules than the initial claim. Made against the parties to the proceedings in the same manner as defenses are presented (Art. 68 CPC) , they must set out “the claims and arguments of the party making them and indicate the supporting docu …