CZECH REPUBLIC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.

Act No. 2/1993 on the Promulgation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

(hereinafter “Charter”)

[TRANSLATION by Author]

II.

Act No.216/1994 Coll. on Arbitral Proceedings and On Execution of Arbitral Awards

(November 1, 1994) as amended by Act No. 245/2006 Coll. and Act No. 296/2007 Coll. and

Act No 7/2009 Coll. (in original: Zákon o rozhodčím řízení a o výkonu rozhodčích nálezů,

hereinafter “ZRR”) [TRANSLATION by Author]

PART ONE

Section 1 [Scope of the Act]

Arbitration Clause

Section 2 [Arbitrability, Scope of Arbitration Clause, and Sucessorship]

PART TWO

Arbitrators

Section 4 [Arbitrator Eligibility]

Section 5 [Acceptance of Appointment as an Arbitrator]

Section 6 [Duty of Confidentiality]

Selection, Appointment, and Removal of Arbitrators

Section 7 [Establishment of the Arbitral Tribunal]

Section 8 [Lack of Prejudice]

Section 9 [Appointment of an Arbitrator by the Court]

Section 10 [Conditions for Appointment of Arbitrator by the Court]

Section 11 [Disqualifying an Arbitrator]

Section 12 [Procedures for Removing an Arbitrator]

Section 13 [Permanent Courts of Arbitration]

PART THREE

Arbitral Proceedings

Section 14 [Commencement of Arbitral Proceedings]

Section 15 [Decision on Jurisdiction, Jurisdictional Objections]

Section 16 [Legal Effect if Arbitral Tribunal Lacks Jurisdiction]

Section 17 [Place of Arbitration]

Section 18 [Equality of the Parties]

Section 19 [Rules of Procedure]

Section 20 [Evidence]

Section 21 [Additional Acts of Parties]

Section 22 [Preliminary Measures]

Decision

Section 23 [Decision and Arbitral Award]

Section 24 [Settlement of Dispute]

Section 25 [Reasoning and Issuance of the Arbitral Award]

Section 26 [Revision of Arbitral Award]

Section 27 [Review of Arbitral Award]

Section 28 [Enforceability]

Section 29 [Depositing the award and other documents]

Section 30 [Application of the Code of Civil Procedure]

PART FOUR

Setting aside of an Arbitral Award by the court

and termination of an ordered execution

Section 31 [Setting aside]

Section 32 [Time Period for Filing the Application for setting aside of an Arbitral Award]

Section 33 [Dismissal of Application for setting aside of an Arbitral Award]

Section 34 [Effects of Setting Aside of an Arbitral Award]

Section 35 [Vacating Court’s Order to Execute the Arbitral Award]

PART FIVE

Provisions on relations to abroad

Section 36 [Law Governing the Arbitration Agreement]

Section 37 [Substantive Law Governing the merits of the dispute]

Section 38 [Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards]

Section 39 [Dismissal of Request for Recognition or Execution of Foreign Arbitral Award]

Section 40 [Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards]

PART SIX

Jurisdiction (substantial and territorial) of the Courts

Section 41 [Substantial Jurisdiction of the Courts]

Section 42 [Jurisdiction of the Court Acting in Support of the Arbitration]

Section 43 [Territorial Jurisdiction of the Court]

Section 44 [Applicability of the Czech Code of Civil Procedure]

PART SEVEN

Section 45 [Amendments to the Czech Code of Civil Procedure]

PART EIGHT

Effect of ZRR on Existing Arbitral Proceedings, Arbitration Agreements, and Other Laws

Section 46 [Arbitral Proceedings Commenced Prior to Date the ZRR (CZ) Entered into Force]

Section 47 [Superiority of Treaties]

Section 48 [Laws Governing Arbitration Agreements Concluded Prior to the ZRR (CZ) Entering into

Force]

Section 49 [Derogation Provision]

Section 50 [Date of Entry into Force]

III.

Act. No. 99/1963Coll., Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended (in original: Občanský

soudnířád, hereinafter “OSR”) [TRANSLATION by Author]

Section 7

Jurisdiction

Section 9

Parties

Section 18

Section 19

Section 20

Section 21

Section 30

Section 37

Section 39

Section 40

Section 40a

Section 41 OSR (CZ)

Section 41a OSR (CZ)

Section 42

Section 43

Chapter One - Preliminary Proceedings -

Conciliation Proceedings

Section 67

Section 68

Section 69

Chapter Two - Preliminary Measures and Obtaining

Evidence - Preliminary Measures

Section 74

Section 75

Section 75a

Section 75b

Section 75c

Section 76

Section 76b

Section 76c

Section 76d

Section 76e

Section 76f

Section 76g

Section 77

Section 77a

Preserving of Evidence

Section 78

Section 78a

Preserving the Evidence In Matters of

Intellectual Property Rights

Section 78b

Section 78c

Section 78d

Section 78e

Section 78f

Section 78g

Preservation of the Evidence

Section 78

Section 78a

Section 78b

Section 78c

Section 80

Territorial Jurisdiction

Section 84

Section 85

Section 85a

Section 86

Section 87

Section 88

Section 89

Section 89a

Section 90

Section 91a

Section 99

Section 104

Section 105

Section 106:

Section 115

Section 120

Hearing on the Reliability of the Evidence

Section 122

Section 123

Section 124

Means of Assessing the Reliability of the Evidence

Section 125

Section 126

Section 127

Section 128

Section 129

Section 130

Section 131

Proceedings

Section 115

Section 115a

Section 116

Section 152

Section 153

Section 153a

Section 153b

Section 154

Section 155

Section 156

Section 157

Section 158

Section159a

Section 160

Section 164

Section 166

Section 228

PART SIX - Execution of the Decision

Chapter One - Ordering the Execution of the Decision - Conditions for the Execution of the Decision

Section 251

Section 252

Section 253

Section 254

Ordering Execution of the Decision

Section 261

Section 261a

Section 262

Section 262a

Section 263

Section 264

Section 266

IV.

Act No. 120/2001Coll. on the Rules of Execution Procedure, as amended (in original :

Exekuční řád, hereinafter as “ER”) [TRANSLATION by Author]

Section 40 ER

Enforceable Title

Section 44 ER

Ordering Execution and Appointment of the Executor

Section 54 ER

Deferment of Execution

Section 74 ER (CZ)

V.

Act No. 97/1963Coll., On International Civil and Procedural Law (in original: Zákon o

mezinárodním právu soukromém procesním, hereinafter as “ZMPS”) [TRANSLATION by

Author]

Section 1

Section 3

Capacity

Section 4

Legal Acts

Obligations

Section 9 - Choice of Law

Section 10

Section 49

Determination of Foreign Right and Reciprocity

Section 53

Section 54

Section 61

VI.

Act no. 40/1964 Coll. Civil Code, as amended (in original: Občanský zákoník, hereinafter

as “OZ”) [TRANSLATION by Author]

Parties

Section 18

Section 19

Section 20

Section 21

Section 37

Section 38

Section 39

Section 40

Section 40a

Section 41

Section 41a

Section 112

VII.

Act no. 182/2006 Coll., Act on Insolvency, as amended (in original: O úpadku a způsobech

jeho řešení (insolvenční zákon), hereinafter as “InsZ”) [TRANSLATION by Author]

Head 8 - Incidental Disputes

Section 159

Section 160

Section 161

Section 162

Section 163

Section 164