The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
一、法律依据
A．Legal Basis
1，民事诉讼法；
Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (2017 Amendment)
2，纽约公约(承认及执行外国仲裁裁决公约，1958年),中国1987年加入；
New York Convention （Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards，Done at New York, June 10, 1958）. China acceded to the Convention on 1987.
3,最高人民法院关于执行我国加入的《承认及执行外国仲裁裁决公约》的通知；
Notice of the Supreme People’s Court on Implementing the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Acceded to by China. (April 10, 1987)
4,最高人民法院关于人民法院处理与涉外仲裁及外国仲裁事项有关问题的通知。
Notice of the Supreme People’s Court on the Handling by People’s Courts of Issues Concerning Foreign-related Arbitration and Foreign Arbitration
二、管辖
B． Jurisdiction
被申请人主要业务所在地或者财产所在地的中级人民法院有权管辖外国仲裁裁决的承认与执行。
There is an application to a people's court in China for recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award that was made by a foreign arbitration. The application shall be under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's court of the place where the party against whom the application is made has domicile or where his property is located.
三、申请时间限制
C.The time limited for the submission of an Application for Enforcement
2008年4月1日前，如果双方都是法人或者组织，应自法律文书规定的履行期间的最后一日起6个月内向人民法院提出申请。如果双方或者一方是自然人的，申请期限为1年。在2008年4月1日《民事诉讼法》生效之后，当事人申请执行的期限变更为2年。
Before April 1,2008, The time limit for the submission of an application for execution shall be one year, if both or one of the parties are citizens; it shall be six months if both parties are legal persons or other organizations.
After Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (2007 Amendment) was effected on April 1,2008， it was revised to be two years.
四、申请材料
D. Files list
1,申请书；
Application for Recognition and Enforcement
2,裁决原件或复印件；
Original and copy of the Foreign Arbitral Award
3,《纽约公约》规定的协议或合同;
Arbitral agreements or contracts
4,申请人营业执照；
Business License of the applicant
5,授权委托书；
Power of attorney
6,以上文件的经认证的翻译件。
The above-mentioned documents must be notarized by a notarial office and authenticated by the Chinese embassy or consulate, and then translated into Chinese written language.
五、法院审查与执行期限
E. Examination and The time limited of Enforcement
如果人民法院决定承认和执行该外国裁决，法院应在收到申请之日起个2月内作出决定并在通常情况下自作出决定之日起6个月内完成执行。
法院的审查是重中之重，需要保持与法官的沟通和解释。最近有法院出具过不予执行的案例。
If a people’s court approves the recognition and enforcement of the foreign arbitral award, it shall exam and issue a written order within 2 months after receiving the application. It shall finish the enforcement within 6 months after issuing the written order.
In terms of the examination of a people’s court，Lawyer Xu thought this part is very important. Lawyers must approach the court judge and explain the above-mentioned documents. Recently some people’s courts made written orders not to allow the enforcement.
六、关于法院决定的特殊规定
F. Other laws and regulations
没有最高人民法院的答复与同意，中级人民法院不能作出不予承认或执行外国仲裁裁决的决定。
Without the formal answer or approval of the Supreme People’s Court，an intermediate people’s court cannot make a written order not allow the enforcement.
根据最高人民法院的司法解释，如果人民法认为从中国国内法或者国际条约考虑最好不予承认或执行仲裁裁决，该人民法院在作出决定之前应将案件上报高级人民法院审核。如果高级人民法院同意下级法院关于不予承认或执行裁决的意见，高级法院应向最高人法院上报其意见并请求答复。
According to the documents of Judicial Interpretation Nature, if the foreign arbitral award in question fails to conform to the domestic law, or the international conventions China has entered into, or fails to comply with the principle of mutual benefit, the people's court must report to the high people's court of the jurisdiction concerned for examination before making a ruling of non-execution or refusal of recognition and execution. If the high people's court agrees to non-execution or refusal of recognition and execution, it shall report its examination opinions to the Supreme People's Court. Only after the Supreme People's Court gives its reply can the ruling of non-execution or refusal of recognition and execution be made.
在1995年8月，鉴于地方保护主义的不良影响，最高人民法院发布了《关于人民法院处理与涉外仲裁及外国仲裁事项有关问题的通知》（以下称最高院1995仲裁执行通知）。
In August 1995， Notice of the Supreme People’s Court on the Handling by People’s Courts of Issues Concerning Foreign-related Arbitration and Foreign Arbitration was issued.
最高院1995仲裁执行通知就以下事项确立了法院汇报制度：
The above-mentioned notice set up a report system
1,涉外商事案件和海商案件仲裁协议无效的认定；
Consider the arbitration clause or the arbitration agreement null, void or unclear to the extent of being non-executable.
2,不予受理涉外商事案件和海商案件；
Dismiss the foreign-related economic and maritime cases.
3,不予执行涉外仲裁裁决；
Not enforcing a arbitral awards
4,根据纽约公约或者互惠原则，拒绝要求承认和执行国际仲裁裁决的申请。
According to the New York Convention and the principle of mutual benefit，a people’s court refuses the application of the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.
徐宝同律师带领的跨境商事争端解决团队由中国、英国、波兰、新加坡、印度办公室的多位合伙人和律师组成，专注于跨境商事争端解决，并多次在美国、英国、法国、新加坡、香港和瑞典等地的主要国际仲裁机构管理的仲裁程序中代表客户参与国际仲裁。此外，团队还专注境外投资法律服务，并为客户提供有效的境外投资解决方案。
The Foreign-related Economic Dispute Resolution Department is led by
Mr. XuBaotong, an attorney-at-law and a partner of Shanghai JinKun Law Firm, and is composed of many partners and lawyers in China， Britain， Poland， Singapore and India. Lawyer Xu’s practice focuses on Commercial Arbitration and Litigation. These lawyers always are on behalf of clients to bring an action or defend in the international arbitration organizations in USA，England，France， Singapore， Hongkong，Sweden. In addition，this department also focuses on providing ODI solutions.
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Author: Mr. XuBaotong
Attorney-at-law
Partner
Commercial Arbitration and Litigation
Phone: +86-139 1721 9966
xbtlawyer@163.com
