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Law nr. 63/2011 of 14th December - Law on Voluntary Arbitration

Statutes of the Commercial ArbitrationCentre

Rules of Arbitration 2021

Regulamento de Arbitragem 2014

Regulamento de Arbitragem 2008

Rules of Fast Arbitration 2021

Regulamento de Arbitragem Rápida 2016

Regulamento de Arbitragem Societária 2021

Urgent Pre Contractual Administrative Arbitration 2021

Rules of Mediation 2021

Rules of Mediation 2016

Código Deontológico 2014

European Code of Conduct for Mediators

Rules of Appointment, Recusal and Substitution of Arbitrators in Non-Institutional Arbitrations at the CAC

Criteria for the Appointment of Arbitrators in Institutionalized Arbitrations

Dispute Boards Regulation

Rules on Conflicts of Interest

Case no. 36/2012/AHC/AVS – Final Award dated April 15, 2015

Case no. 36/2012/AHC/AVS – Annex to the Final Award

Case no. 36/2012/AHC/AVS – Order dated May 13, 2015

Case no. 5/2017/INS/ASB - Final Award dated January 24, 2019

Case no. 18/2017/AHC/ASB – Order/Award dated February, 2018

Order (February 2014) – Necessary Arbitration (industrial property rights, reference medicines); Commercial Arbitration Centre’s jurisdiction

Order (April 2015) – Decision on challenge to arbitrator

Order (April 15) – Lack of jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal

Order (June 2016) - Intervention of the CAC President in Ad Hoc Arbitration

Order (April 2017) – Commercial Arbitration Centre’s jurisdiction; Interpretation of pathological arbitration clause

Order (June 2017) – Definition of the number of arbitrators of the Arbitration Tribunal

Order (December 2017) - Commercial Arbitration Centre’s jurisdiction; Effectiveness of the arbitration clause; Interpretative rules of the Regulation - Derogation

Order (August 2018) - Initial written submissions; Joinder of documents

Order (February 2019) - Lack of jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal due to revocation of the arbitration agreement; Lack of forensic power of attorney; Disregard of the Statement of Claim; Definition of the composition and constitution of the Arbitral T

Order (March 2019) - Application of the Fast Track Arbitration Rules; Amendment of the arbitration clause

Order (May 2019) – Third party joinder; Extension of the arbitration clause to non-signatories; Powers of the Centre’s President

Order (May 2019) - Arbitrator: disclosure during the course of the arbitration; Challenge of arbitrator

Order (June 2019) - Counter-parties in arbitration proceedings; Multiple parties; Appointment of arbitrator

Order (August 2019) – Decision on challenge to arbitrator

Order (August 2019) – Decision on challenge to arbitrator; Appeal against the decision of the President of the Centre; Replacement of an arbitrator

Order (May 2020) - Validity of the CAC notice; Suspension of time limits under Covid-19 measures; Non-acceptance of the role of arbitrator; Method for replacement

Order (August 2020) – Third party joinder; Criteria

Order (November 2020) - Constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal; Disclosures of arbitrators

Despacho (dezembro de 2020) - Incidente de Recusa de Árbitro

Order (February 2021) - Law No. 4-B/2021, February 1; Measures within the scope of the pandemic: suspension of procedural steps and deadlines

Order (June 2021) – Challenge of arbitrator in ad hoc arbitration seated at the CAC; Competence of the Centre's President

Case no. 5/2021/INS/ASB – Final Award dated July 11, 2022

Case no. 7/2019/INS/ASB – Final Award dated March 23, 2020

Case no. 10/2020/AHC/ASB – Final Award dated September, 2021

Case no. 20/2018/AHC/AP – Final Award dated December 9, 2021

Case no. 16/2020/INS-RAP/ASB – Final Award dated November 16, 2020

Case no. 18/2019/INS/ASB – Final Award dated May 5, 2021

Case no. 22/2019/INS/ASB – Final Award dated December 15, 2020

Case no. 23/2020/INS/ASB – Final Award dated December 31, 2021

Case no. 27/2018/INS/ASB – Final Award dated February 27, 2020

Case no. 8/2020/AHC/ASB – Order on interim measures dated March 9, 2021

Case no. 13/2019/INS/AP – Final Award dated September 8, 2020

Case no. 14/2019/AHC/ASB – Final Award dated December 17, 2021

Order (December 2022) - Legal aid in institutional arbitrations

Proc. 6.2020.INS.AP - Sentença Arbitral 1.02.2022

Proc. 11.2017.AHC.AP - Sentença Arbitral de 7.09.2021

Proc. 22.2020.INS.AP - Sentença Arbitral de 28.12.2021

Number of cases at the commercial arbitration centre

year 2022

36

cases
opened

35

cases
completed

year 2021

29

cases
opened

31

cases
completed

year 2020

33

cases
opened

25

cases
completed