Practice under the new Civil Procedure Code. Recognition and Enforcement of a Foreign Arbitral Award under the New 2026 Civil Procedure Code
Task
The client required assistance in obtaining the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in accordance with the new Civil Procedure Code (CPC), which entered into force in 2026.
Background
With the entry into force of the new CPC, procedural requirements for documents submitted in applications for the recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards have changed.
Previously, the Commercial Procedure Code provided two separate lists of supporting documents:
- for judgments of foreign courts
- for foreign arbitral awards.
The new CPC establishes a unified and more comprehensive list of supporting documents applicable to all foreign court judgments and arbitral awards.
| At the same time, if a foreign decision falls within the scope of an international treaty (for example, the New York Convention), the rules of that treaty apply, which generally provide for simpler documentary requirements. |
Procedural feature under the new CPC
One of the changes concerns the name of the procedural document.
Under the new rules:
instead of an application,
- a motion for the recognition and enforcement of a foreign decision must be filed.
| The substance of the procedural document has remained the same; only its designation has changed. |
Result
REVERA’s lawyers successfully assisted the client in obtaining the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in accordance with the new procedural rules introduced by the Civil Procedure Code.
Author: Sergey Suschenya, Iryna Navitskaya.
This case demonstrates the practical application of the new CPC procedural rules governing the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and highlights the importance of proper preparation of procedural documents in accordance with the updated legislative requirements.