Question juridique clé
Whether the seizure claim was made sufficiently plausible despite refusal of exequatur of the Dutch judgment and alleged lack of protest/reconnaissance de dette
Solution extraite
The cantonal court’s refusal was arbitrary because a foreign judgment without exequatur can still be used as evidence, and the required protest/reconnaissance was not shown to be a cumulative condition.
Motifs extraits
The court held that art. 271 al. 1 ch. 4 LP is satisfied alternatively by a sufficient Swiss connection; once that exists, the creditor still only needs to render the claim plausible under art. 272 al. 1 ch. 1 LP. The lower court wrongly equated lack of exequatur with lack of plausibility and also demanded formal proof not required by law.