Question juridique clé
Whether the court should take note of the parties' settlement as a judgment and remove the case from the docket.
Solution extraite
The settlement of 30 November 2009 was taken on record to have the force of a judgment, and the case was removed from the docket.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 158 para. 1 CPC, when the parties end the dispute by settlement, the judge records it in the minutes for it to have the effect of a judgment and strikes the case from the roll. The signed settlement was submitted to the court.