Standard ICC arbitration clause

An arbitration agreement referring to the ICC Rules of Arbitration is an essential prerequisite to the commencement of proceedings. For this reason, the ICC International Court of Arbitration proposes a standard arbitration clause for parties to include in their contracts. It provides a minimum of information, which parties may extend, if desirable, by specifying the law governing the contract, the number of arbitrators and the place and language of the arbitration.

Although its official working languages are English and French, the ICC International Court of Arbitration publishes the standard arbitration clause in many other languages for the convenience of parties whose contracts may be drafted in such languages. A full list of the translations of the clause so far available is given below.1

English

" All disputes arising out of or in connection with the present contract shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with the said Rules."

French

"Tous différends découlant du présent contrat ou en relation avec celui-ci seront tranchés définitivement suivant le Règlement d'arbitrage de la Chambre de commerce internationale par un ou plusieurs arbitres nommés conformément à ce Règlement."

Arabic

Bahasi Indonesia

"Semua perselisihan yang timbul dari atau sehubungan dengan perjanjian atau kontrak yang sedang berlaku akan diselesaikan sesuai dengan Peraturan Arbitrase Kamar Dagang Internasional oleh satu atau lebih arbitrator yang ditunjuk berdasarkan Peraturan Arbitase tersebut."

Bulgarian

Chinese

Croatian

Danish

"Enhver tvist, der udspringer af eller i forbindelse med nærværende aftale, skal i overensstemmelse med Voldgiftsreglementet for Det Internationale Handelskammer afgres endeligt af en eller flere voldgiftsmænd, der udpeges i overensstemmelse med Reglementet."

Dutch

"Alle geschillen, die uit of met betrekking tot deze overeenkomst mochten ontstaan, zullen definitief worden beslecht overeenkomstig het Arbitrage-reglement van de ICC door één of meerdere arbiters benoemd overeenkomstig dit Reglement."

Finnish

"Kaikki tästä sopimuksesta syntyneet tai siihen liittyvät erimielisyydet ratkaistaan Kansainvälisen kauppakamarin (ICC) välimiesmenettelyä koskevien sääntöjen mukaisesti. Välimiehinä toimivat näiden sääntöjen mukaisesti nimetyt yksi tai useampi välimies."

German

"Alle aus oder in Zusammenhang mit dem gegenwärtigen Vertrag sich ergebenden Streitigkeiten werden nach der Schiedsgerichtsordnung der Internationalen Handelskammer von einem oder mehreren gemäß dieser Ordnung ernannten Schiedsrichtern endgültig entschieden."

Greek

Hungarian

Icelandic

"Úr öllum deilum sem rísa kunna vegna samnings þessa eða í sambandi við hann skal endanlega skorið í samræmi við gerðardómsreglur Alþjóða verslunarráðsins af einum eða fleiri gerðarmönnum sem tilnefndir eru í samræmi við reglurnar."

Italian

"Tutte le controversie derivanti dal presente contratto o in relazione con lo stesso saranno risolte in via definitiva secondo il Regolamento d'arbitrato della Camera di Commercio Internazionale, da uno o più arbitri nominati in conformità di detto Regolamento."

Japanese

Korean

Lithuanian

Mongolian

Nepali

Norwegian

"Enhver tvist som måtte oppstå på grunnlag av eller i forbindelse med denne avtale, skal endelig avgjres i henhold til Voldgiftsreglene til Det Internasjonale Handelskammer, av en eller flere voldgiftsdommere oppnevnt i samsvar med disse Reglene."

Persian (Farsi)

Polish

Portuguese

"Todos os litígios emergentes do presente contrato ou com ele relacionados serão definitivamente resolvidos de acordo com o Regulamento de Arbitragem da Câmara de Comércio Internacional, por um ou mais árbitros nomeados nos termos desse Regulamento."

Romanian

Russian

Serbian

Slovak

"Všetky spory, ktoré vznikajú v súvislosti s plnením tejto zmluvy, budú riešené podl'a arbitrážnych pravidiel Medzinárodnej obchodnej komory jedným alebo viacerými arbitrami, vymenovanými v súlade s uvedenými pravidlami."

Slovene

Spanish

"Todas las desavenencias que deriven de este contrato o que guarden relación con éste serán resueltas definitivamente de acuerdo con el Reglamento de Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional por uno o más árbitros nombrados conforme a este Reglamento."

Swedish

"Samtliga tvister med anledning av eller i samband med detta avtal skall slutligt avgöras enligt Internationella Handelskammarens skiljedomsregler av en eller flera skiljemän utsedda i enlighet med dessa regler."

Thai

Turkish

Ukrainian

Vietnamese

ICC Commission on Arbitration: work in progress

The ICC Commission on Arbitration has created four new task forces to study matters of current relevance to ICC dispute settlement services. Task forces are periodically set up within ICC's various commissions to undertake specific projects and report back to their parent body. Those set up under the auspices of the ICC Commission on Arbitration are composed of persons nominated by ICC national committees and may also include members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

In conjunction with the launch of ICC's new Rules for Expertise,2 two task forces have been set up to study the complementary questions of suggested ICC expertise clauses for inclusion in international business contracts, and guidelines for the conduct of ICC expertise proceedings. These task forces are chaired respectively by Commission members Phillip Capper, a London partner of the law firm Lovells, and Hilmar Raeschke-Kessler, lawyer at the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe.

In light of the growing interest in dispute boards as a means of resolving disputes, a task force has been created to study specific issues in this field, including the drafting of model dispute board clauses for parties to include in their contracts, a model contract for dispute board members and rules of procedure. Pierre Genton, partner of PMG Consulting Engineers in Lausanne, Switzerland, and dispute board specialist, is in charge of this task force.

A fourth task force chaired by Commission member Erik Schäfer, attorney with Cohausz & Florack in Düsseldorf, Germany, has been constituted to study information technology in arbitration proceedings and draft a protocol and guidelines to help make its use in this field as simple and efficient as possible.

Secretariat appointment

Eliseo Castineira has been appointed Counsel at the head of one of the ICC Court Secretariat's seven case management teams. He replaces Denis Bensaude, who has left the Secretariat to join a leading Paris law firm.

Eliseo Castineira, who holds French and Spanish citizenship, began his legal studies in France. After graduating in law from the University of Paris X, he took a Master of Laws degree at the New York University School of Law. In his professional career, he has concentrated in particular on corporate affairs and mergers and acquisitions, which he practised with two major international law firms in Paris. Mr Castineira is a member of the Bar in France and speaks French, Spanish and English.

1
The ICC International Court of Arbitration expresses its gratitude to all those whose collaboration has made it possible to publish the translations listed here.

2
The revised ICC Rules for Expertise with a presentation and commentary by Peter M. Wolrich, Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, are reproduced hereinafter at pp. 11-26.