1. The Appellee may, up to the date of the first hearing before the Case Management Office or the Court – as the case may be -, file an appeal either through the standard procedures or under a statement that includes the grounds for its appeal. 2. The appeal described in the foregoing paragraph shall be deemed a counterappeal if the same is filed within the time limit for appeal, and a cross-appeal if filed beyond the limit for appeal or where the party filing it has accepted the judgment prior to the date of filing of the original appeal. 3. The cross-appeal shall be contingent on the original appeal, and shall cease to exist where the original Appellant has waived its appeal or where the original appeal is decided to be dismissed as a matter of form. For the counterappeal, it shall not cease to exist whenever the original appeal ceases to exist, regardless of the method of filing the same.
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