FRANCE 37
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXI (2006)
Jurisdiction
France
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Full text decision FRANCE 37
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Excerpt decision FRANCE 37
Summary
France 37. Cour d'Appel, Paris, 15 June 2006
Related topics
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"Null and void", etc.
The court discusses how to interpret the Convention’s requirement that the agreement is not null and void etc., as well as specific cases of invalidity: e.g., lack of consent (misrepresentation, duress, or fraud), vague wording of the arbitral clause; other terms of the contract contradict the intention to arbitrate, etc.
223
Arbitrability (see also Art. V(2) sub ground a. "arbitrability", ¶519)
The court discusses whether a certain dispute could be settled by arbitration, and the law applicable to that determination.
704(B)
Bilateral Treaties
704(C)
Art. VII(1): European Union (Treaties and Legislation)