Matter
Société des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg v Compagnie Continentale France
- 2 October 1989France
2 October 1989France
Judgment of the Versailles Court of Appeal dated 2 October 1989
Versailles Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The Court of Appeal confirmed the order granting exequatur of the GAFTA arbitral sentence.
Supporting details
2 participantsSociété des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg
Compagnie Continentale France
Versailles Court of Appeal
2 years, 1 month and 17 days later · 778 days
- 19 November 1991France
19 November 1991France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation dated 19 November 1991
French Court of Cassation
- Decision summary
- The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal and upheld exequatur of the GAFTA arbitral sentence. It held that enforcing the contractual allocation of monetary compensatory amounts did not flagrantly and effectively violate French international public policy in the circumstances of the sale.
Supporting details
4 authorities · 2 participantsSociété des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg
Compagnie Continentale France
French Court of Cassation
- Date not availableArbitration
Date not availableArbitration
Arbitral sentence rendered in London under the Grain and Feed Trade Association clause
- Decision summary
- The arbitral sentence decided that the monetary compensatory amounts received by Grands Moulins de Strasbourg had to be returned to Compagnie Continentale France, applying the 3 June 1982 contractual amendment that allocated positive or negative compensatory amounts to the seller.
Supporting details
3 participantsSociété des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg
Compagnie Continentale France
Institution
- Institutional administrator
- Grain and Feed Trade Association