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The Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SERBIA FTCA) - World Arbitration Reporter (WAR) - 2nd Edition

Author(s): 
Milena Djordjevic
Page Count: 
74 pages
Media Description: 
PDF from "World Arbitration Reporter (WAR) - 2nd Edition"
Published: 
January, 2010
Jurisdictions: 
Serbia
Practice Areas: 
National Institutions and Rules,
Authority of the Arbitral Tribunal,
Arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunals,
Arbitral Process,
Arbitration Fees,
Interim Measures of Protection,
Practice & Procedure
Author Detail: 

Milena Djordjevic, Lecturer at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.

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Originally from World Arbitration Reporter (WAR) - 2nd Edition

I. BASIC INFORMATION

A. History and Background of the Institution

After World War II the existing state of the Serbian (Yugoslav) legal system and judiciary was deemed insufficient to warrant adequate protection of parties’ legitimate expectations in foreign trade transactions and efficient resolution of disputes arising out of such transactions. For that reason the Yugoslav Government decided to establish a specialized institution which would be granted the power to settle disputes from this area. This institution – The Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration at the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce in Belgrade (hereinafter referred to as: the FTCA or the Court of Arbitration) was established on 16 December 1946 on the basis of Article 21 of the Decree on Commercial Chamber of Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia.1 On the basis of this Decree, a couple of months later the first Rules of this institution were enacted, published2 and entered into force on 28 April 1947, which enabled the beginning of its work. This is why, although formally established in 1946, the year 1947 is deemed as the year when the first institutional arbitration in Yugoslavia started its work.

Table of Contents: 

THE FOREIGN TRADE COURT OF ARBITRATION

AT THE SERBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

(SERBIA FTCA)


I. BASIC INFORMATION 

A. History and Background of the Institution 

B. Model Clause 

C. Arbitrators 

1. Nationality and qualifications of an arbitrator 

2. Lists of Arbitrators 

3. Number of arbitrators 

4. Appointment of arbitrators 

a) Sole arbitrator

b) Arbitral tribunal

5. Withdrawal and termination of mandate of an arbitrator 

6. Challenge of arbitrators 

7. Replacement of an arbitrator 

D. Jurisdiction 

1. Arbitration agreement 

2. Arbitrability 

a) Subjective arbitrability

b) Objective arbitrability

3. Establishing the existence of an arbitration agreement 

4. Declining of jurisdiction 

5. Deciding on jurisdiction--The competencecompetence principle and severability 

6. A plea contesting jurisdiction 

E. Costs, Fees and Other Service Charges 

1. Costs of arbitration 

2. Withdrawal of the claim and reimbursement of advance for costs 

3. Cost allocation


II. ARBITRAL PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FTAC 

A. Commencement of Proceedings 

B. Terms of Reference 

C. Consolidation, Joinder and Multi-Party Issues 

1. Joining of claims and proceedings 

2. Third-party intervention 

3. Multi-party proceedings 

D. Confidentiality 

E. Legal Seat and Language of Arbitration 

F. Applicable Law 

1. Rules governing the procedure 

2. Rules governing the substance 

G. Hearings and Evidence 

H. Interim Measures 

I. Length of Proceedings 

J. Awards


III. APPENDIX 

A. Rules of the Serbian FTCA 

B. The FTCA List of Arbitrators 

C. Contact details of the FTCA 

D. Statistics 

E. Bibliography