CEAC Arbitration Procedure

A CEAC Arbitration commences with a Notice of Arbitration to be sent by the Claimant to the other party or parties (Respondent/s) and to CEAC. The Notice of Arbitration shall include a demand to refer the dispute to arbitration, the names and addresses of the parties, a reference to the arbitration agreement or arbitration clause and a reference to the contract out of or in relation to which the dispute has arisen, as well as all other information and documents as listed in the checklist for a notice of arbitration.

The Arbitration Procedure is governed by:

a) The CEAC Hamburg Arbitration Rules, which are based on the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, i.e. they are largely identical to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and contain a limited amount of tailormade adjustments and amendments as internationally discussed during the foundation process of CEAC.

b) These Arbitration Rules shall be applied on the basis of the UNCITRAL Model Law based German Provisions on Arbitration in the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO §§ 1025 – 1066), because Hamburg is the seat of arbitration (even if the parties agree on another place as the venue of physical meetings). These provisions have been revised in 1998 on the basis of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Arbitration. They therefore reflect the common international standard of arbitration law as known in many countries around the globe including China and most European countries.

The CEAC Hamburg Arbitration Rules contain provisions on the initiation of arbitration proceedings including the constitution of the tribunal (Art. 2-14), on the arbitration proceedings themselves (Art. 15-30, 33-34) and on the termination of proceedings (Art. 31 et seq.).