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France - Decision of the Brest County Court and the Paris Court of Appeals rendered in 2000: the Noga case and the Seizure of the Sedov

Observations by Emmanuel Gaillard

Table of contents:

I. The Seizure of the Sedov 

i) Background, by Sigvard Jarvin 

ii) Excerpts from the Decision of the Brest County Court 

II. The Noga case 

i) Background 

ii) Excerpts from the Decision of the Paris Court of Appeals

iii) Decision 

III. Observations, by Emmanuel Gaillard 

DECISIONS OF THE BREST COUNTY COURT AND THE PARIS COURT OF APPEALS RENDERED IN 2000: THE NOGA CASE AND THE SEIZURE OF THE SEDOV

I. THE SEIZURE OF THE SEDOV

Subject-matter:

Whether the seizure pursuant to an SCC Institute Award of the Sedov, a Russian tall ship, by NOGA, a creditor of the Russian Federation, was contrary to international public law, French national law or international private law.