The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Denmark

General Information:

• UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
• Legal Provisions: Act No. 553 of 24 June 2005 on Arbitration (Arbitration Act- voldgiftsloven).
• The English translation is available at the website of the Danish Institute of Arbitration.

Multilateral Conventions:

• New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 22 December 1972); reservations: reciprocity, commercial disputes; on 10 February 1976, Denmark declared that the Convention shall apply to the Faeroe Islands and Greenland.
• European Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 22 December 1972); reservations: The instrument of ratification contained a declaration to the effect that the Convention for the time being would not extend to the Faeroe Islands and Greenland. In a communication received on 12 November 1975, the Government of Denmark declared that it had withdrawn the above-mentioned reservation, the decision to take effect on 1 January 1976.
• ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 24 April 1968); reservations: Denmark excluded, by a notification received on May 15, 1968, the Faroe Islands; by notification received on October 30, 1968, Denmark extended the application of the Convention to the Faroe Islands as of January 1, 1969.
• Energy Charter Treaty: Yes (ratification/accession: 22 August 1997); reservations: none.

Arbitral Institutions:

• The Danish Institute of Arbitration
• The Building and Construction Arbitration Board