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Article 1516 of the French Code of civil procedure

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 arbitration agreement or their copies meeting the conditions required for their authenticity.

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Article 1516

La sentence arbitrale n’est susceptible d’exécution forcée qu’en vertu d’une ordonnance d’exequatur émanant du tribunal judiciaire dans le ressort duquel elle été rendue ou du tribunal judiciaire de Paris lorsqu’elle a été rendue à l’étranger.

La procédure relative à la demande d’exequatur n’est pas contradictoire.

La requête est déposée par la partie la plus diligente au greffe de la juridiction accompagnée de l’original de la sentence et d’un exemplaire de la convention d’arbitrage ou de leurs copies réunissant les conditions requises pour leur authenticité.

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