Enforcing arbitral awards in France

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Practice notes

Enforcing arbitral awards in France

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Nadia Darwazeh of Clyde & Co LLP and Rémi Sassine of Clyde & Co LLP

Practice notes
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This Practice Note sets out the procedure and conditions to obtain the recognition and enforcement of international arbitration awards (ie, international arbitral awards rendered in France and arbitral awards rendered abroad) in France.

Note: The French cases referred to below are not reported by LexisNexis® UK.

The French provisions governing the recognition and enforcement of international arbitral awards are included in Book IV of the French Code of Civil Procedure (FCCP).

Procedure and conditions to obtain the recognition and enforcement of international arbitral awards in France

International arbitral awards are enforced by virtue of an enforcement order (ordonnance d’exequatur) issued by the judicial court (tribunal judiciaire) of the place where the award was rendered (for international awards rendered in France) or by the judicial court (tribunal judiciaire) of Paris (for awards rendered abroad). The procedure is conducted on an ex parte basis.

Article 1514 of the FCCP provides that an international arbitral award will be recognised and

Nadia Darwazeh
Nadia Darwazeh

Lawyer, Clyde & Co LLP

Nadia Darwazeh is a Partner and Head of Arbitration of Clyde & Co's Paris office. Nadia has extensive experience acting as counsel in commercial and investor-state arbitrations. She also regularly and sits as arbitrator. Before joining Clyde & Co, Nadia practiced for two decades in the International Arbitration Groups of leading international law firms in Paris, Shanghai, Frankfurt and London and as Counsel at the ICC, where she headed up the Europe, Middle East and Africa team. 

Nadia is dual-qualified in England & Wales (Solicitor-Advocate) and Germany (Rechtsanwältin). She earned her LLM in International Public Law from the University of Cambridge and her LLB from the University of Warwick. She conducts arbitrations in French, German and English and speaks Dutch and Mandarin Chinese.

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Rémi Sassine
Rémi Sassine

Lawyer, Clyde & Co LLP

Rémi Sassine is an associate in international arbitration at Clyde & Co’s Paris office. His practice focuses on commercial and investment arbitration, as well as cross-border litigation. 
 
Rémi is admitted to the Paris Bar. He holds a Master's degree in Global Business Law and Governance from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and the University of Melbourne, as well as a Master's degree in Private International Law from the University of Paris II Pantheon-Assas.”

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Enforcement definition
What does Enforcement mean?

The action of compelling a party to comply with a judgment where it has not been complied with voluntarily and the time ordered for compliance has expired.

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