The Legal Framework for Arbitration
General Information
UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
Legal Provisions: German Code of Civil Procedure of 1998 (ZPO), 10th Book, Sections 1025-1066, as amended).
Arbitral Institutions
German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
The Court of Arbitration of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
The Arbitration Court of the Waren-Verein
Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC)
Frankfurt International Arbitration Center (FIAC)
Multilateral Conventions
New York Convention: Yes (ratification: 30 June 1961); reservations and declarations: none (the reservation made upon the ratification has been withdrawn on 31 August 1998).
European Convention: Yes ((ratification/accession: 27 October 1964) the German Democratic Republic acceded to the Convention on 20 February 1975).
ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 18 April 1969).
Energy Charter Treaty: Yes (ratification/accession: 14 March 1997).
Last updated February 2019