A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Uzbekistan continues to be governed by domestic legislation, as well as by international treaties ratified by Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is a party to a number of international and regional treaties that relate to arbitration, including the New York Convention and several CIS treaties. Additionally, Uzbekistan is a member state of the ICSID, and investors, therefore, have the right to seek settlement of disputes within the framework of this…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The Arbitration Bill (“Bill”), which was introduced into Parliament in late 2023,…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Argentina continues to be governed by: No legislative amendments…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In Austria, the rules on arbitration proceedings are contained in the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) (sections 577-618 ZPO). This legal framework does not differentiate between domestic and international arbitral proceedings and applies to disputes in commercial and non-commercial matters. Since the implementation of the UNCITRAL Model Law in 2006, the Austrian legislator has made few changes. The most significant change came in 2013, when the Austrian Supreme Court…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Colombia continues to be governed by section 3 of…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The French Parliament is considering reforming French arbitration law, the current version…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In the 2023-2024 edition of this Yearbook, we had reported about the Federal Ministry of Justice’s key issues paper on the modernization of German arbitration law dated 18 April 2023 and the respective draft bill published on 1 February 2024[1]. The paper and the bill were aimed at adapting the law to current requirements and to increase Germany’s attractiveness as an arbitration venue. The proposed arbitration law reform was…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Hungarian arbitration law is based on the amended UNCITRAL Model Law of…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The regulations governing arbitration proceedings in Italy are found in the Italian…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Japan continues to be governed by the Arbitration Act of 2003 (“Arbitration Law”), which took effect in 2004, but this has recently changed. From 1 April 2024, the amended Arbitration Law took effect (“Amended Arbitration Law”). After several steps in both the public and private sectors to build the country as an international dispute resolution hub in recent years, the overhaul of the underlying legislation represents…