RUSSIAN FEDERATION 12
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Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXII (2007)
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Russian Federation
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Full text decision RUSSIAN FEDERATION 12
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Russian Federation 12. Federal Arbitrazh Court, Moscow District, 8 January 2004
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501
Grounds are exhaustive
The court discusses questions relating to the general approach taken by the Convention to the grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement, including its pro-enforcement bias, as well as the system of the Convention, under which recognition and enforcement may only be denied on seven listed grounds and the petitioner has only the obligations set out in Art. IV.
502
No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award
The court discusses the principle that the merits of the award may not be reviewed and that the court may only carry out a limited review of the award to ascertain grounds for refusal.
512
Ground c: Excess by arbitrator of his authority - Excess of authority