Enforcement of Domestic Awards - Chapter 20 - Arbitration Law of Russia: Practice and Procedure
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Originally from: Arbitration Law of Russia: Practice and Procedure
20.1. REQUIREMENT FOR A PARTICULAR PROCEDURE TO MAKE AN AWARD ENFORCEABLE
As a general rule, arbitral awards must be complied with by the parties voluntarily. But if the debtor fails to honour the award, the other party may seek writ of execution from the court. The procedure for enforcement of arbitral awards delivered in Russia and abroad is rather similar and requires an application to be filed with a court, although in Russia the process is referred to as “application for a writ of execution” rather than application for enforcement.
20.2. DETAILS OF ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE
20.2.1. Competent Court: Arbitrazh Court vs. Court of General Jurisdiction
Applications for a writ of execution are heard by the Russian Arbitrazh Courts and courts of general jurisdiction (see section 19.2 above for more detail).
In the majority of cases, these applications are dealt with by the Russian Arbitrazh Courts. From this point, our focus will be primarily on the Arbitrazh Procedure Code.
20.2.2. Which Arbitrazh Court Should Be Selected?
Art. 38 of the Arbitrazh Procedure Code provides that applications to have an arbitral award set aside and for a writ of execution must be filed with an Arbitrazh Court local to the arbitral tribunal that delivered the award in question.
At the same time, Art. 236 (3) of the Arbitrazh Procedure Code stipulates that an application for a writ of execution must be filed with the court at the debtor’s location or place of residence. If the location of the debtor is not known to the claimant, the application must be filed with the court where the assets of the debtor are located.
ENFORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC AWARDS
20.1 Requirement for a Particular Procedure to Make an Award Enforceable
20.2 Details of Enforcement Procedure
20.2.1 Competent Court: Arbitrazh Court vs. Court of General Jurisdiction
20.2.2 Which Arbitrazh Court Should Be Selected?
20.2.3 Documents to Be Attached to Application for a Writ of Execution
20.2.4 Reasons for Rejection of an Application
20.2.5 Appeal against a Decision on an Application for a Writ of Execution