FRANCE Eric Borysewicz and Karim Boulmelh A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Since the 2011 reform of the French law on arbitration, article 1459 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides that a dedicated judge called juge d’appui has jurisdiction for assisting the arbitral process when needed, in particular in case of a difficulty in the constitution of the arbitral tribunal. A decree dated 20 December 2019[1] modified the procedural regime of actions brought before…
BELARUS Alexander Korobeinikov A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Belarus continues to be governed by…
CZECH REPUBLIC Martin Hrodek and Martina Marchand A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in the Czech…
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Abdulrahman Al Ajlan and Anton Mikel A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to be governed by the arbitration law issued by Royal Decree No. 34/M, dated 24/5/1433H (corresponding to 16 April 2012G), which replaced the arbitration law issued by Royal Decree No. 46/M, dated 12/7/1403H, to which no notable amendments have been made since. A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure The Saudi Center…
AUSTRIA Désirée Prantl A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Austria continues to be governed by…
POLAND Aleksandra Żanowska and Łukasz Zbyszyński A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration proceedings in Poland continue to…
COLOMBIA Claudia Benavides and Jesus Villegas A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Domestic and international arbitration in Colombia continues to be governed by Law 1563 of 2012 (“Law 1563”), which entered into force in October 2012. Law 1563 provides for a different set of rules depending on whether arbitration is domestic or international. Section 3 of Law 1563, which governs international arbitration, is mostly based on UNCITRAL Model Law with certain amendments. Law 1682 of…
PHILIPPINES Rafael Roman T. Cruz A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Republic Act No. (RA) 9285, or the…
AUSTRALIA Jo Delaney Charlotte Hendriks and Anita Juric A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration continues to…
PERU Ana María Arrarte, María del Carmen Tovar, Javier Ferrero and Angela Cámara. A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Peru continues to be governed by the Legislative Decree No. 1071 of 2008, based on the UNCITRAL Model Law (the 1985 Model Law with its amendments in 2006), the Urgency Decree No. 020-2020 which modified some articles of the Legislative Decree No. 1071 related to arbitrations where the Republic of Peru (“State”) is…