Topic List of Court Decisions on the New York Convention Cases

This list is a consolidation of the annual Indexes, prepared by d.ssa Silvia Borelli, for the court decisions reported in each Yearbook as indexed per subject matter ("Topic") appearing in the Commentary.

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- Select a subject - ¶001 » Interpretation of the Convention ¶101 » Award made in the territory of another (Contracting) State (paragraphs 1 and 3 – first or "reciprocity" reservation) ¶102 » Arbitral award not considered as domestic (paragraph 1) ¶103 » Nationality of the parties no criterion ¶104 » Convention’s applicability in other cases ¶105 » “Persons, whether physical or legal” (paragraph 1) (including sovereign immunity) ¶106 » Problems concerning the identity of a party ¶107 » Second reservation (“commercial reservation”) (paragraph 3) ¶108 » Arbitral award: arbitrato irrituale (italy) and other procedures akin to arbitration ¶109 » Arbitral award: “a-national” award ¶110 » Arbitral award: types ¶111 » Permanent arbitral bodies (paragraph 2) ¶112 » Retroactivity ¶113 » Implementing legislation ¶114 » Iran-US Claims Tribunal ¶201 » Scope of arbitration agreement ¶202 » Contents of arbitration agreement ¶203 » Uniform rule ¶203-204 » Formal validity, uniform law and municipal law ¶204 » Formal validity and municipal law ¶205 » Signatures ¶206 » Exchange of letters or telegrams ¶207 » Means of communication for achieving the exchange in writing ¶208 » Sales or purchase confirmation ¶209 » Incorporation by reference and standard conditions ¶210 » Articles 1341 and 1342 Italian Civil Code ¶211 » Bill of lading and charter party ¶212 » Agent/broker, etc. ¶213 » Amendment or renewal ¶214 » Agreement providing for arbitration in another state ¶214-216 » Field of application ¶215 » Agreement providing for arbitration within forum’s state ¶216 » No place of arbitration designated ¶216A » Analogous applicability of Art. VII(1) ¶217 » Referral to arbitration in general ¶218 » Referral is mandatory ¶219 » There must be a dispute ¶220 » “Null and void”, etc. ¶221 » Law applicable to “null and void”, etc. (for formal validity and applicable law, see Art. II, 204 above) ¶222 » Arbitrator’s competence and separability of the arbitration clause ¶223 » Arbitrability (see also Art. V(2) sub ground a. “arbitrability”, 519 below) ¶224 » Declaratory judgment on validity arbitration agreement ¶225 » Related arbitrations (consolidation, etc.) ¶226 » Third parties (see also Art. I sub “problems concerning the identity of the respondent”, 106 above) ¶227 » Concurrent court proceedings (“indivisibility”) ¶228 » Pre-award attachment and other provisional measures ¶229 » Measures in aid of arbitration ¶301 » Procedure for enforcement in general ¶302 » Discovery of evidence ¶303 » Estoppel/waiver ¶304 » Set-off/counterclaim ¶305 » Entry of judgment clause ¶306 » Period of limitation for enforcement ¶307 » Interest on award ¶401 » Conditions to be fulfilled by petitioner in general ¶402 » Original or copy arbitral award ¶403 » Original or copy arbitration agreement ¶404 » Authentication and certification ¶405 » “At the time of application” ¶406 » Translation (paragraph 2) ¶500 » Grounds for refusal of enforcement in general ¶500A » Residual power to enforce notwithstanding existence of ground for refusal ¶501 » Grounds are exhaustive ¶502 » No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award ¶503 » Burden of proof on respondent ¶504 » Paragraph 1 - Ground a: Invalidity of the arbitration agreement - Agreement referred to in Art. II ¶505 » Incapacity of party ¶506 » Law applicable to the arbitration agreement ¶507 » Miscellaneous cases regarding the arbitration agreement ¶508 » Ground b: Violation of due process in general ¶509 » “Proper notice” ¶510 » Time limits and notice periods ¶511 » “Otherwise unable to present his case” ¶512 » Ground c: Excess by arbitrator of his authority - Excess of authority ¶512A » Partial enforcement (ultra petita) ¶513 » Ground d: Irregularity in the composition of the arbitral tribunal or arbitral procedure ¶514 » Ground e: Award not binding, suspended or set aside - "Binding" ¶515 » Merger of award into judgment ¶516 » “Set aside” ¶517 » “Suspended” ¶518 » Paragraph 2 - Distinction domestic–international public policy ¶519 » Ground a: Arbitrability ¶520 » Ground b: Public policy - Default of party ¶521 » Lack of impartiality of arbitrator ¶522 » Lack of reasons in award ¶523 » Irregularities in the arbitral procedure (see also Art. V(1)(b)) ¶524 » Other cases ¶601 » Adjournment of decision on enforcement ¶701 » More-favourable-right provision in general ¶702 » Domestic law on enforcement of foreign award ¶703 » Bilateral and multilateral treaties in general ¶703(A) » Multilateral treaties ¶704 » European Convention of 1961 ¶704(A) » Panama convention of 1975 ¶704(B) » Bilateral treaties ¶704(C) » Rome treaty of 1958 and ec judgments convention of 1968/1988 ¶705 » Relationship with Geneva Treaties of 1923 and 1927 ¶911 » Article XI: Federal State Clause ¶914 » General reciprocity clause

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¶203 » Uniform rule

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 (sub 4);

¶203-204 » Formal validity, uniform law and municipal law

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 (sub 4);

¶204 » Formal validity and municipal law

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 (sub 4);

¶208 » Sales or purchase confirmation

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 (sub 2-3);

¶209 » Incorporation by reference and standard conditions

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 (sub 2-3);

¶514 » Ground e: Award not binding, suspended or set aside - "Binding"

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 (sub 22);

¶524 » Other cases

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 [sub 15-17 (arbitrator?s choice of language) and 18-20 (no expert appointed)];

¶704 » European Convention of 1961

Volume XXI (1996):

Germany 44 (sub 4-13);