Key legal question
Whether the foreign arbitral award was not yet binding under Art. V(1)(e) New York Convention because of a corrective addendum and possible French annulment timing.
Extracted holding
The award remained binding for New York Convention purposes; the mere possibility of annulment, or the addendum, did not remove binding force.
Extracted reasoning
A foreign award is 'binding' when no ordinary remedy remains open. The appellant did not show that French annulment is an ordinary remedy, and the Convention does not require exequatur in the state of origin.