The arbitration agreement may, directly or by reference to arbitration rules or rules of procedure, appoint the arbitrator or arbitrators or provide for the manner of their appointment.
The arbitration agreement may, directly or by reference to arbitration rules or rules of procedure, regulate the procedure to be followed in the arbitral proceedings. Where the arbitration agreement is silent, the arbitral tribunal shall regulate the procedure as far as is necessary, either directly or by reference to arbitration rules or rules of procedure.
Whichever procedure is chosen, the arbitral tribunal guarantees the equality of the parties and respects the principle of contradiction.
The arbitral tribunal shall decide the dispute in accordance with the rules of law chosen by the parties or, failing that, in accordance with those it considers appropriate. It shall, in all cases, take into account the usages of the trade.
The arbitral tribunal shall decide in amiable composition if the parties have entrusted it with this task.
If the arbitration agreement is silent, the award shall be made by a majority of votes. It shall be signed by all the arbitrators. However, if a minority of them refuse to sign it, the others shall mention this in the award. In the absence of a majority, the chairman of the arbitral tribunal shall decide alone. If the other arbitrators refuse to sign, the chairman shall mention this in…
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…
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