Matter
Bechetti Energy Group S.p.a v Enelpower SPA (French Court of Cassation R 21-18.406, 17 May 2023)
Aliases: Albaniabeg Ambient sh.p.k v Enel SPA and Enelpower SPA
- 6 December 2002Arbitration
6 December 2002Arbitration
Arbitral award dated 6 December 2002
- Decision summary
- The arbitral tribunal rejected Bechetti Energy Group's contractual liability claims against Enelpower arising from the cooperation agreement for the Albanian hydroelectric project.
Supporting details
2 participantsBechetti Energy Group S.p.a
Enelpower SPA
20 years, 5 months and 11 days later · 7467 days
- 17 May 2023France
17 May 2023France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber, in case R 21-18.406 dated 17 May 2023
French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber
- Decision summary
- The Court of Cassation rejected Albaniabeg Ambient's appeal and upheld refusal of exequatur for the Albanian judgment. It held that the Albanian proceedings had been brought fraudulently through BEG's controlled subsidiary to obtain indirectly what BEG had failed to obtain in the arbitration against Enelpower, and ordered Albaniabeg Ambient to pay costs and EUR 3,000 under article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.
Supporting details
2 authorities · 14 participantsAlbaniabeg Ambient sh.p.k
- Representative
- SARL Ortscheidt (For: Albaniabeg Ambient sh.p.k)
Prosecutor General at the Paris Court of Appeal
Enel SPA
- Representative
- SARL Matuchansky, Poupot et Valdelièvre (For: Enel SPA · Enelpower SPA)
Enelpower SPA
- Representative
- SARL Matuchansky, Poupot et Valdelièvre (For: Enel SPA · Enelpower SPA)
French Court of Cassation, First Civil Chamber
- Judge
- Mme Guihal
- Judge
- M. Ancel
- Judge
- M. Hascher
- Judge
- M. Bruyère
- Judge
- Mme Kloda
- Advocate General
- M. Salomon
Other
- Institutional administrator
- Mme Vignes