Arbitral Digest

Matter

Société européenne d'études et d'entreprises (SEEE) v Yugoslav Government

Arbitration over payments for SEEE’s Yugoslav railway works and supplies, with French enforcement litigation concerning an intergovernmental debt accord.

  • Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards

Procedural record

  1. 2 July 1956Arbitration

    2 July 1956Arbitration

    Arbitral award dated 2 July 1956

    Decision summary
    The arbitrators allowed SEEE's claim for complementary sums under the exchange-guarantee clause in the 2 July 1956 award.

    Participants

    Société européenne d'études et d'entreprises (SEEE)
    Yugoslav Government

    20 years, 11 months and 12 days later · 7652 days

  2. 14 June 1977France

    14 June 1977France

    Decision of the French Court of Cassation on exequatur of the 2 July 1956 arbitral award

    French Court of Cassation

    Decision summary
    The Court of Cassation quashed the Paris Court of Appeal judgment of 29 January 1975 refusing exequatur of the 2 July 1956 arbitral award. It held that the diplomatic agreement between France and Yugoslavia concerned only the rights of those States and could not deprive SEEE of its contractual remedies, and remanded the case to the Orléans Court of Appeal.

    Participants

    Société européenne d'études et d'entreprises (SEEE)
    Yugoslav Government
    French Court of Cassation

    Authorities cited

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    • Constitution of 27 October 1946 (Article 26 of the Constitution of 27 October 1946)
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