Arbitration awards shall be recognised or enforced in France if their existence is established by the person relying on them and if such recognition or enforcement is not manifestly contrary to international public policy.
The existence of an arbitral award is established by the production of the original accompanied by the arbitration agreement or copies of these documents meeting the conditions required for their authenticity.
The arbitral award may only be enforced by virtue of an exequatur order issued by the judicial court within whose jurisdiction it was made or by the Paris judicial court where it was made abroad. The procedure relating to the application for exequatur is not adversarial. The application shall be filed by the earliest party at the court registry together with the original of the award and a copy of…
The exequatur shall be affixed to the original or, if this is not produced, to the copy of the arbitral award meeting the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of Article 1516. Where the arbitral award is not drawn up in the French language, the exequatur is also affixed to the translation made under the conditions provided for in Article 1515. The order refusing to grant exequatur to the…
An award rendered in France in international arbitration may only be the subject of an action for annulment.
An action for annulment shall be brought before the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the award was made. This appeal is admissible as soon as the award is made. It shall cease to be admissible if it has not been lodged within one month of notification of the award. The notification shall be made by service unless the parties agree otherwise.
An action for annulment is only available if:
The First President or, as soon as the matter is referred to him, the Conseiller de la mise en état may grant exequatur to the award.
By special agreement, the parties may at any time expressly waive the action for annulment. In that case, they may still appeal against the exequatur order on one of the grounds provided for in Article 1520. An appeal shall be lodged within one month of the notification of the enforceable award. The notification shall be made by service unless the parties agree otherwise.
A decision refusing recognition or enforcement of an international arbitration award made in France may be appealed. The appeal is lodged within one month of service of the decision. In this case, the Court of Appeal shall, at the request of a party, hear the action for annulment against the award unless the party has waived it or the time limit for exercising it has expired.
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