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European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of 1961 Done at Geneva, April 21, 1961 United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 484, p. 364 No. 7041 (1963-1964)

 

European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of 1961 Done at Geneva, April 21, 1961 United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 484, p. 364 No. 7041 (1963-1964)

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European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of 1961 Done at Geneva, April 21, 1961 United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 484, p. 364 No. 7041 (1963-1964) { 1 }

Article I - Scope of the Convention { 7 }

Article II - Right of Legal Persons of Public Law to Resort to Arbitration { 15 }

Article III - Right of Foreign Nationals to be Designated as Arbitrators { 18 }

Article IV - Organization of the Arbitration { 20 }

Article V - Plea as to Arbitral Jurisdiction { 37 }

Article VI - Jurisdiction of Courts of Law { 41 }

Article VII - Applicable Law { 50 }

Article VIII - Reasons for the Award { 53 }

Article IX - Setting Aside of the Arbitral Award { 57 }

Article X - Final Clauses { 64 }

Annex COMPOSITION AND PROCEDURE OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE REFERRED TO IN Article IV OF THE CONVENTION { 85 }

European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of 1961 Done at Geneva, April 21, 1961 United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 484, p. 364 No. 7041 (1963-1964)

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THE UNDERSIGNED, DULY AUTHORIZED,

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Convened under the auspices of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations.

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Having noted that on 10th June 1958 at the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration has been signed in New York a Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards,

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Desirous of promoting the development of European trade by, as far as possible, removing certain difficulties that may impede the organization and operation of international commercial arbitration in relations between physical or legal persons of different European countries,

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Have agreed on the following provisions:

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Article I - Scope of the Convention

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1. This Convention shall apply:

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(a) to arbitration agreements concluded for the purpose of settling disputes arising from international trade between physical or legal persons having, when concluding the agreement, their habitual place of residence or their seat in different Contracting States;

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(b) to arbitral procedures and awards based on agreements referred to in paragraph 1(a) above.

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2. For the purpose of this Convention,

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(a) the term: "arbitration agreement" shall mean either an arbitral clause in a contract or an arbitration agreement, the contract or arbitration agreement being signed by the parties, or contained in an exchange of letters, telegrams, or in a communication by teleprinter and, in relations between States whose laws do not require that an arbitration agreement be made in writing, any arbitration agreement concluded in the form authorized by these laws;

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(b) the term "arbitration" shall mean not only settlement by arbitrators appointed for each case ( ad hoc arbitration) but also by permanent arbitral institutions;

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(c) the term "seat" shall mean the place of the situation of the establishment that has made the arbitration agreement.

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Article II - Right of Legal Persons of Public Law to Resort to Arbitration

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1. In cases referred to in Article I, paragraph 1, of this Convention, legal persons considered by the law which is applicable to them as "legal persons of public law" have the right to conclude valid arbitration agreements.

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2. On signing, ratifying or acceding to this Convention any State shall be entitled to declare that it limits the above faculty to such conditions as may be stated in its declaration.

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Article III - Right of Foreign Nationals to be Designated as Arbitrators

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In arbitration covered by this Convention, foreign nationals may be designated as arbitrators.

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