The Legal Framework for Arbitration in the Republic of Macedonia

General Information:

• UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
• Legal Provisions: Law on International Commercial Arbitration of the Republic of Macedonia (Official Gazette Number 39/06; 3 March 2006).

Multilateral Conventions:

• New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 10 March 1994); reservations: only commercial disputes; only applicable to awards adopted after the entry into effect of the Convention, on 16 September 2009, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia withdrew the reciprocity reservation.
• European Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 10 March 1994); reservations: none.
• ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 27 October 1998); reservations: none.
• Energy Charter Treaty: Yes (ratification/accession: 26 March 1998); reservations: none.

Arbitral Institutions:

• The Permanent Court of Arbitration