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.
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:
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. |
One of the changes concerns the name of the procedural document.
Under the new rules:
instead of an application,
| The substance of the procedural document has remained the same; only its designation has changed. |
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.
