GERMANY 161

26 - 02 - 2014

GERMANY 161

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XLI (2016)
Jurisdiction Germany
Summary

Germany 161. Buyer v. Seller, OLG Cologne, 26 February 2014

Related topics
301

The court discusses the principle that the procedure for the enforcement of awards under the Convention is governed by the lex fori, as well as procedural issues (such as the competent enforcement court) not falling under the specific cases of ¶¶ 302-307.

Procedure for enforcement in general
303

The court discusses the conditions under which a party may be estopped from raising a ground for refusal of enforcement under the Convention or has waived the right to raise it.

Estoppel/waiver
402

The court discusses how to determine whether the document supplied is an award capable of being recognized and enforced, including whether the award is duly authenticated, and whether a copy is duly certified; whether a prior interim and/or partial award should be supplied together with the final award.

Original or copy arbitral award
404

The court discusses issues relating to the manner of authentication and certification of the award and/or arbitration agreement.

Authentication and certification
406

The court discusses issues relating to the requirements of the translation (translation by sworn translator, translation of entire award etc.) and whether a translation is necessary.

Translation (paragraph 2)
503

The court discusses the burden of proof of the grounds for refusing enforcement under the Convention.

Burden of proof on respondent
504 Paragraph 1 - Ground a: Invalidity of the arbitration agreement - Agreement referred to in Art. II
506

Invalidity of the arbitration agreement: The court discusses the law applicable to the validity of the arbitration agreement at the enforcement stage.

Law applicable to the arbitration agreement
513 Ground d: Irregularity in the composition of the arbitral tribunal or arbitral procedure
514 Ground e: Award not binding, suspended or set aside - "Binding"
523

Public policy: The court discusses alleged violations of a fundamental rule of due process in the arbitration on the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award, including the failure to communicate the names of the arbitrators, the failure to send copies of reports or letters filed in the arbitration, etc.

Irregularities in the arbitral procedure (see also Art. V(1)(b))
702

More-favorable right provision: The court discusses examples of domestic laws of countries where enforcement of foreign awards is more favorable.

Domestic law on enforcement of foreign award
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