AUSTRIA

AUSTRIAN ARBITRATION ACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fourth Chapter-- Arbitration Procedure

First Title: General Provisions

Sec. 577. Scope of Application

Sec. 578. Court Intervention

Sec. 579. Duty to Object

Sec. 580. Receipt of Written Communication

Second Title: Arbitration Agreement

Sec. 581. Definition

Sec. 582. Arbitrability

Sec. 583. Form of Arbitration Agreement

Sec. 584. Arbitration Agreement and Action before Court

Sec. 585. Arbitration Agreement and Interim Measures by Court

Third Title: Constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal

Sec. 586. Composition of the Arbitral Tribunal

Sec. 587. Appointment of Arbitrators

Sec. 588. Grounds for Challenge

Sec. 589. Challenge Procedure

Sec. 590. Early Termination of an Arbitrator’s Mandate

Sec. 591. Appointment of a Substitute Arbitrator

Fourth Title: Jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal

Sec. 592. Competence of the Arbitral Tribunal to Rule on Its Own Jurisdiction

Sec. 593. Ordering of Interim or Protective Measures

Fifth Title: Conduct of the Arbitral Proceedings

Sec. 594. General Provisions

Sec. 595. Seat of the Arbitral Tribunal

Sec. 596. Language of Proceedings

Sec. 597. Statements of Claim and Defense

Sec. 598. Oral Hearings and Written Proceedings

Sec. 599. Proceedings and Taking of Evidence

Sec. 600. Default of a Procedural Act

Sec. 601. Expert Appointed by Arbitral Tribunal

Sec. 602. Judicial Assistance

Sixth Title: Making of Award and Termination

Sec. 603. Applicable Substantive Law

Sec. 604. Decision Making by Panel of Arbitrators

Sec. 605. Settlement

Sec. 606. Arbitral Award

Sec. 607. Effect of the Arbitral Award

Sec. 608. Termination of Arbitral Proceedings

Sec. 609. Decision on Costs

Sec. 610. Correction, Explanation of Award and Additional Award

Seventh Title: Recourse against the Arbitral Award

Sec. 611. Action for Setting Aside an Arbitral Award

Sec. 612. Declaration of Existence or Non-Existence of an Arbitral Award

Sec. 613. Consideration of Grounds of Setting Aside in Other Proceedings

Eighth Title: Recognition and Declaration of Enforceability of

Foreign Arbitral Awards

Sec. 614. Recognition and Declaration of Enforceability of

Foreign Arbitral Awards

Ninth Title: Court Proceedings

Sec. 615. Jurisdiction

Sec. 616. Proceedings

Tenth Title: Special Provisions

Sec. 617. Consumers

Sec. 618. Labor Law Cases