Updates

2023

On April 4 the Supreme Court in France (Cour de Cassation) issued five rulings dismissing Republic of Congo’s appeals and thus confirming the attachments of tax claims carried out by Commisimpex. The Cour de cassation underlines that under the 2004 UN Convention, which reflects the customary international law, ROC’s waiver of immunity from execution, which […]
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January 2021

On January 14 the Court of Appeals of Versailles ordered EBI SA to pay Commisimpex 30 M USD the property of SNPC (Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo, a State-owned company of the Republic of Congo). On January 14 the Court of Appeals of Versailles rejected the appeals of the SNPC (Société Nationale des Pétroles […]
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February 2020

On February 27 the Court of Appeals of Paris rendered a decision by which it grants the right to Commisimpex to attach any kind of properties of the Republic of Congo except diplomatic ones. On February 27 the Court of Appeals of Paris rendered a decision by which it grants the right to Commisimpex to […]
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January 2018

Attachment by Commisimpex of approximately 30 M USD deposited by the SNPC (Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo, a State-owned company of the Republic of Congo) in a bank account opened at EBI SA Bank in France. Attachment by Commisimpex of a condominium at the Trump Tower in New York, the property of which is […]
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March 2017 – Arbitration

El Chaer Law Firm and one of its strategic allies in Washington DC, White & Case law firm, represented during 2014 Commissions Import Export S.A. (Commisimpex) against the Republic of Congo, before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia concerning a motion for sanctions submitted by Commisimpex. On March 30, 2017 the […]
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