Translated legal texts

Translation of articles related to the enforcement of foreign judgments in the Syrian Code of Procedure Legislative Decree No. 84 of 1953
               Section V - Enforcement of foreign judgments (Articles 306-311)

Article 306
An order of enforcement of foreign judgments in Syria can be granted on the same conditions set for enforcing Syrian judgments in that foreign state.
Article 307
The request for enforcement of the judgment is to be filed with the court of first instance that has jurisdiction in the place where the enforcement is to take place.

Article 308
An order of enforcement of a judgment can only then be granted, when the court has verified that:
A judicial body having jurisdiction according to the law of the state where it has been rendered has passed the judgment. The judgment must be final according to the law of the same state.
The parties have been duly served with a writ and have been represented in a correct manner.
The judgment is not irreconcilable with a judgment given in Syrian Courts.
The judgment is not in contrary to ethics or to the ordre public in Syria.

Article 309
With respect to the previous articles, arbitration awards rendered in a foreign country can be granted enforcement in Syria when they are final and enforceable in the country where they were rendered.
Article 310
With respect to the previous articles, an order of enforcement can be granted, when the official documents, which are enforceable in a foreign country, are final and enforceable in the country where they were made.
The request for enforcement is to be filed with the court of first instance that has jurisdiction in the place where the enforcement is to take place.
The order of enforcement can only be granted, when it is established that all requirements for the document which are required to be official are met according to the laws of the country where they have been made and that they do not contain anything which is in contrary to ethics or to the ordre public in Syria.

Article 311
The application of the above mentioned rules should not breach the treaties concluded between Syria and other countries in this respect.