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Timestamp: 2019-07-20 23:04:35
Document Index: 92198537

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 1', 'Art. 34', 'Art. 819', 'Art 819', 'Art. 24', 'Art 31', 'Art. 819', 'Art 819', 'Art. 826', 'Art. 6', 'Art. 819']

15 January 1995 (date of accession: 17 October 1994).
Awards rendered in Senegal relating to international trade or applying law other than Senegalese law are treated as foreign arbitral awards in Senegal.
(Source: Senegalese Code of Civil Procedure ('CPC'), Book 6, Title II, Ch. VII on recognition, enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards made abroad or relating to international arbitration.)
(i) Arts. 795 to 820 CPC, Book 6 on arbitration, ratified by Decree No. 98-492 of 5 June 1998;
(ii) Arts. 826-1 to 826-4 of the Code of Civil and Commercial Obligations ('COCC'), Book 7 on contracts relating to the settlement of disputes, Law No. 98-30 of 14 Apr. 1998;
(iii) Uniform Act on Arbitration ('UAA') of the Organization for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), adopted on 11 Mar. 1999, which applies only to arbitrations seated in an OHADA Member State (Art. 1 UAA) and in cases in which other international agreements would not be applicable (Art. 34 UAA).
Senegalese law does not provide for a specific limitation period for recognition or enforcement of foreign awards. However, it is possible that the general provisions of the CPC on time limits may also apply to recognition and enforcement of foreign awards.
Generally, the CPC provides for a 10-year time limit. If this time limit were to apply to recognition and enforcement of foreign awards, then such time limit would start running as of the date of the award for recognition and as of the date of the decision granting recognition and enforcement.
Applications for recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award must be made to the judge for summary procedures (juge des référés) at the regional court with jurisdiction over the place where enforcement is sought.
(Source: CPC, Art. 819-85.)
The place of enforcement of the foreign award must be within the jurisdiction rationae loci of the authority with which the request is filed.
The decision granting or refusing recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards is obtained through inter partes proceedings.
Decisions denying or granting recognition and enforcement are subject to appeal or recourse.
(Sources: CPC, Arts. 819-89 and 819-90; UAA, Arts. 32 and 33.)
(i) Decisions refusing recognition and enforcement of a foreign award subject to the UAA are subject to recourse only before the Cour Commune de Justice et d'Arbitrage.
(ii) Decisions granting recognition and enforcement of a foreign award subject to the UAA, including international awards rendered in Senegal, cannot in themselves be the subject of any recourse distinct from setting aside.
(iii) Decisions granting recognition and enforcement of a foreign award not subject to the UAA are subject to two levels of recourse: to the court of appeal and then against the court of appeal's decision to the Cour de cassation.
Once the decision granting recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral award has been rendered.
The applicant must provide an original of the award accompanied by the arbitration agreement, or duly authenticated copies of these documents.
(Sources: CPC, Art 819-86; COCC, Art. 24.)
The UAA likewise requires the production of the original award accompanied by the arbitration agreement or duly authenticated copies of these documents.
(Source: UAA, Art 31.)
Both the award and the contract containing the arbitration agreement should be produced in their entirety.
(Source: CPC, Art. 819-86.)
Senegalese law allows for the production of either originals or authenticated copies.
There is no specific requirement relating to the number of originals or authenticated copies that must be submitted. One original or one authenticated copy should suffice.
If the language of the award or of the contract containing the arbitration agreement is not French, then it is necessary to produce a translation of these documents.
The translations must be certified by a translator. In practice, this certification is carried out by a sworn translator or by a consular agent in the country where the arbitration proceedings took place.
It is necessary to produce a translation of documents submitted in their entirety.
(Source: CPC, Art 819-88.)
Senegalese law does not contain any other provisions authorizing Senegalese judges to suspend proceedings for the recognition or enforcement of foreign awards.
Neither the arbitral award nor the arbitration agreement is part of the public record.
(Source: COCC, Art. 826-1.)
Hearings are public. Pursuant to the general rules of Senegalese law relating to judicial organization, steps can be taken to maintain confidentiality only if public order or morality is endangered.
(Source: Law No. 84-19, 2 Feb. 1984 , Art. 6.)
Decisions on recognition and enforcement of foreign awards are not published by the courts. There are no provisions in Senegalese law allowing parties' names to be removed or confidential information to be protected from publication.
Recognition and enforcement of interim or partial foreign arbitral awards in Senegal should be possible.
Recognition and enforcement of non-monetary relief in foreign arbitral awards in Senegal should be possible.
Recognition and enforcement of only part of an award should be possible, in particular where an award settles issues outside the scope of the arbitration which are dissociable from those within its scope.
A party cannot obtain recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award which has been set aside or suspended by a competent authority of the country in which, or under the law of which, the award was made.
(Source: CPC, Art. 819-88.)