The claimant’s first attempt at enforcing a Chinese award had failed, because the Court of Cassation had eventually found that the sole arbitrator’s signature appeared on a separate, otherwise blank sheet. The claimant had now attached to this second application an amended award signed by the arbitrator on all pages and on the dispositive part. The first-instance court had granted exequatur, but the appellate instance had reversed, finding that the decision of the Court of Cassation in the first enforcement proceedings were res judicata preventing a second application for enforcement. The Court of Cassation explained that where formal defects have been cured, a previous judgment has no res judicata effect.