The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Serbia 

General Information:

• UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.   
• Legal Provisions: Arbitration Act, enacted in 2006 (Zakon o arbitraži, “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, Službeni Glasnik No. 46/2006). The official English translation of the Law on Arbitration is available at the website of the Serbian Ministry of Justice

   
Multilateral Conventions:    

• New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 12 March 2001); reservations: reciprocity; commercial disputes; only applicable to awards which were adopted after the Convention entered into force.   
• European Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 12 March 2001); reservations: none.   
• ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 9 May 2007); reservations: none.   
• Energy Charter Treaty: No (observer of the Energy Charter Conference).   

Arbitral Institutions:  

• Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration attached to the Serbian Chamber of Commerce