Question juridique clé
Whether the French judgments remained enforceable for exequatur under the Lugano Convention after the later French execution decision.
Solution extraite
The foreign judgments were no longer enforceable in the state of origin, so exequatur had to be refused.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 31 CL, enforceability is determined by the law of the state of origin. A later decision that states the creditor cannot enforce the judgment against the debtor, even if tied to a particular enforcement context, affects enforceability. The cantonal court wrongly focused on the territorial effects of that later decision instead of whether the original judgments remained executable in France.