🇷🇺🇨🇳 An application for the recognition and enforcement of a court judgment issued by a Chinese court in Russia must comply with Article 17 of the Treaty Between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Judicial Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters.

In Case No. A56-120092/2023, a Chinese company sought the recognition and enforcement of a court judgment issued by a Chinese court in the Russian Federation.

On March 17, 2025, a Russian court discontinued the proceedings. As noted by the court, the Chinese company's application did not comply with Article 17 of the Treaty Between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Judicial Assistance in Civil and Criminal Matters (signed in Beijing on June 19, 1992), which governs the recognition and enforcement of judgments and came into force on November 14, 1993.

According to Article 17 of the Treaty, an application for recognition and enforcement must be submitted to the court that rendered the judgment. That court is then responsible for transmitting the judgment to a court in the other Contracting Party’s country.

Therefore, in this case, the Chinese company should have applied to a Chinese court, not a Russian court. Consequently, the Russian court discontinued the proceedings. #China

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