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Société des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg v Compagnie Continentale France

  1. 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 participants
    Société des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg
    Compagnie Continentale France
    Versailles Court of Appeal

    2 years, 1 month and 17 days later · 778 days

  2. 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 participants
    Société des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg
    Compagnie Continentale France
    French Court of Cassation

    Authorities cited

    4
    • French New Code of Civil Procedure
      statute
    • French Civil Code
      statute
    • French Order of 14 June 1982
      regulation
    • EEC Regulation No. 1528/82
      regulation
  3. 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 participants
    Société des Grands Moulins de Strasbourg
    Compagnie Continentale France
    Institution
    Institutional administrator
    Grain and Feed Trade Association

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