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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 1213', '§ 2', 'art. 1214', '§ 1', 'art. 1214', '§ 2', 'art. 1215', '§ 1', 'Art. 1214', '§2', 'Art. 12131', '§2']

arbitration-poland.com - Case Law - Polish Supreme Court resolution of 28 September 2016 Case No. III CZP 40/16
art. 1213(1) § 2 CPC (from 1.1.2016) , art. 1214 § 1 CPC (from 1.1.2016) , art. 1214 § 2 CPC (from 1.1.2016) , art. 1215 § 1 CPC (from 1.1.2016)
resolution of 28 September 2016
Case No. III CZP 40/16
In February 2016 the Central Securities Depository of Poland (KDPW SA), as creditor, applied to the court of appeal for enforcement of an award issued in Poland in July 2015 by the Court of Arbitration at the Central Securities Depository of Poland against debtor J. SA, through issuance of an enforcement clause for the award.
The court of appeal had doubts under the amended new wording of the Polish arbitration law concerning the judicial panel which should decide such an application at the court of appeal and whether a hearing should be held on the application. The court of appeal sought a ruling from the Supreme Court of Poland accordingly on the following issues:
1) Pursuant to Civil Procedure Code Art. 1214 §2, does the court of appeal consider an application for enforcement of arbitration award or a settlement concluded before the arbitral tribunal after conducting a hearing, or in closed session?
2) When considering an application for enforcement of an arbitration award or a settlement concluded before an arbitral tribunal, as the court of first instance, applying as relevant the regulations governing appeals under Civil Procedure Code Art. 12131 §2, does the court of appeal consider the case in a panel of three professional judges, or in a panel of a single judge?
The Supreme Court found that these issues were not expressly addressed in the Civil Procedure Code amendments of September 2015, which entered into force from January 2016. However, in examining all of the relevant provisions together and in light of the legislative intent behind the amendment, the court determined that an application for recognition or enforcement of an arbitration award issued in Poland should be decided in a closed session by a panel of a single judge.