LLC KERAMOS v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 41504/06 LLC KERAMOSagainst Georgialodged on 22 August 2006STATEMENT OF FACTS 1.  The applicant, Keramos, is a limited liability company registered in Georgia. It is represented before the Court by Mr P. Gomelauri and Mr N. Danelia, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows. On 13 March 2003 the applicant brought a civil action against the Central Society of Consumers’ Cooperatives (“the CSCC”) seeking the payment of a debt in the amount of 11 000 000 USD. The applicant claimed, on the basis of a notary-certified declaration that the debt had been recognised by the CSCC; it, therefore, requested the court to apply simplified proceeding under Articles 302 and 306 of the Civil Procedure Code of Georgia.3.  Between 2003 and 2006 court hearings, upon the ap …