The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Germany

General Information:

• UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
• Legal Provisions: 10th Book, sections 1025-1066 of the German Code of Civil Procedure of 1998 (ZPO, as amended). The English translation is available at the website of the German Institution of Arbitration - DIS.

Multilateral Conventions:

• New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 30 June 1961); reservations: reciprocity.
• European Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 27 October 1964); reservations: none (the German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Convention on 20 February 1975).
• ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 18 April 1969); reservations: none.
• Energy Charter Treaty: Yes (ratification/accession: 14 March 1997); reservations: none.

Arbitral Institutions:

• German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)