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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¶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

():	US 758;
Volume I (1976):	India 1; Italy 10; US 3; US 4; Ussr 1;
Volume II (1977):	Italy 13; Italy 14; Italy 15;
Volume III (1978):	Italy 17; Italy 19; Italy 20; Tunisia 1; UK 1; US 14; US 15 (sub 2); US 17;
Volume IV (1979):	Germany 15; India 3; India 4; Italy 26; Italy 28; Italy 31; UK 2 (sub 1); UK 4 (sub 1); US 18; US 21;
Volume V (1980):	US 25; US 27 (sub 1);
Volume VI (1981):	Italy 38 (sub 2);
Volume IX (1984):	Italy 61 (sub 2); Italy 63; UK 12 (sub 1); US 50 (sub 3); US 51 (sub 1 and 15);
Volume X (1985):	Belgium 5; India 10; Italy 73 (sub 1); Italy 77 (sub 2-3), UK 16 ; UK 16;
Volume XI (1986):	Italy 85 (sub 2-3); Switzerland 8 (sub 2-3); US 60 (sub 3); US 62 (sub 6);
Volume XII (1987):	Bermuda 1 (sub 1); Switzerland 13 (sub 1); US 67 (sub 2);
Volume XIII (1988):	US 77 (sub 3); US 78 (sub 7, 19 and 21);
Volume XV (1990):	Germany 34 (sub 1); US 102 (sub 3); US 95 (sub 3-8); US 98 (sub 3); US 99 (sub 1-2);
Volume XVII (1992):	Italy 112 (sub 2); Italy 115 (sub 2); PR CHINA 1 (sub 7-13); Taiwan 1 (sub 7-13); UK 30 (sub 1); US 114 (sub 1, 3-5 and 19); US 116 (sub 19-21);
Volume XVIII (1993):	Canada 2 (sub 1-3); Canada 4 (sub 1); Switzerland 22 (sub 2); UK 33 (sub 18); US 132 (sub 14); US 134 (sub 19 and 48);
Volume XIX (1994):	Australia 7 (sub 21); Australia 8 (sub 23); US 146 (sub 3); US 148 (sub 2, 6, 9 and 11-14); US 157 (sub 12); US 158 (sub 5 and 7- 8);
Volume XX (1995):	Australia 10 (sub 1-2); France 21 (sub 1); US 168 (sub 1-11); US 172 (sub 4); US 173 (sub 1-2);
Volume XXI (1996):	Italy 138 (sub 2); Switzerland 27 (sub 3); US 189 (sub 1);
Volume XXII (1997):	Australia 12 (sub 2-5); Germany 47 (sub 2); Netherlands 21 (sub 1 and 6); Netherlands 22 (sub 6); Switzerland 29 (sub 4); US 218 (sub 23-26); US 221 (sub 9 and 14); US 224 (sub 2);
Volume XXIII (1998):	Australia 13 (sub 11); US 258 (sub 1-2);
Volume XXV (2000):	Italy 154 (sub 2-5); US 293 (sub 1); US 295 (sub 9-11); US 299 (sub 1-2); US 304 (sub 4); US 307 (sub 1); US 308 (sub 1 and 4); US 311 (sub 2); US 314 (sub 2-3); US 315; US 329 (sub 1); US 330 (sub 2-12); US 332 (sub 4); US 333 (sub 1-2); US 335 (sub 2);
Volume XXVI (2001):	Singapore 3; US 341 (sub 2 and 8); US 344 (sub 3); US 358 (sub 8);
Volume XXVII (2002):	US 363 (sub 2-13); US 364 (sub 8-20); US 367; US 371 (sub 3-7); US 380 (sub 9-11); US 384; US 389; US 390 (sub 2); US 402;
Volume XXVIII (2003):	US 403 (sub 2); US 416 (sub 8-10); US 421 (sub 3); US 424; US 435; US 443 (sub 8);
Volume XXIX (2004):	Netherlands 28 (sub 10); US 445; US 448 (sub 1-5); US 450; US 453 (sub 15-26); US 454 (sub 4-10); US 464 (sub 8-14); US 466 (sub 3-9); US 467 (sub 11-26); US 475 (sub 4-5);
Volume XXX (2005):	US 486; US 490 (sub 34-58 and 63); US 495; US 497 (sub 2); US 498 (sub 3-14); US 503 (sub 18-24); US 506; US 511 (sub 3-9); US 513 (sub 4-27); US 516; US 518 (sub 2-6); US 521 (sub 2); US 524 (sub 1-3);
Volume XXXI (2006):	Spain 44; US 529; US 530 (sub 20); US 531 (sub 18-29); US 532; US 535; US 538; US 541; US 543; US 544 (sub 1-6); US 550 (sub 1-2); US 552 (sub 4-21); US 558; US 559; US 560; US 561 (sub 7); US 570 (sub 12-18); US 571; US 576;
Volume XXXII (2007):	Australia 29; US 580; US 581; US 584 (sub 1 and 34-35); US 585 (sub 22-26); US 586; US 589; US 599 (sub 3-4); US 601; US 602; US 607 (sub 37-38);
Volume XXXIII (2008):	US 612 (sub 15-19 and 28-30); US 615 (sub 3-4); US 618 (sub 24-25); US 626 (sub 3); US 635 (sub 1-2 and 14); US 641 (sub 2-4 and 14); US 642 (sub 3); US 647; US 651 (sub 4);
Volume XXXIV (2009):	US 653 (sub 15-21); US 656 (sub 1); US 657 (sub 27); US 659 (sub 1-6); US 671 (sub 1-11); US 672; US 674 (sub 7-8);
Volume XXXV (2010):	US 680 (sub 1 and 3); US 681 (sub 24-25); US 684; US 705 (sub 3); US 710 (sub 3-19);

¶214-216 » Field of application

():	US 766; US 769; US 771;
Volume I (1976):	Austria 2; India 1; Italy 10; US 3; US 4; Ussr 1;
Volume II (1977):	Germany 9; Italy 13; Italy 14; Italy 15; US 9;
Volume III (1978):	Italy 17; Italy 19; Italy 20; Tunisia 1; UK 1; US 12; US 13; US 14; US 15; US 17;
Volume IV (1979):	Germany 15; India 3; India 4; Italy 26; Italy 28; Italy 31; UK 2; UK 3; UK 4; UK 5; UK 6; US 18; US 19; US 20; US 21; US 23;
Volume V (1980):	US 25; US 27;
Volume VI (1981):	Italy 38; US 31;
Volume VII (1982):	India 5; UK 7; UK 8; US 37;
Volume IX (1984):	Italy 61; Italy 63; UK 11; UK 12; US 47; US 48; US 50; US 51;
Volume X (1985):	Austria 5; Belgium 5; India 10; Italy 73; Italy 77; UK 15; UK 16; US 55;
Volume XI (1986):	Australia 2; Australia 3; Italy 85; Switzerland 8; UK 19; US 60; US 62;
Volume XII (1987):	Bermuda 1; Switzerland 13; US 67; US 68; US 69; US 70;
Volume XIII (1988):	India 13; US 77; US 78; US 80;
Volume XIV (1989):	UK 24;
Volume XV (1990):	Bermuda 2; Germany 34; US 102; US 91; US 95; US 97; US 98; US 99;
Volume XVI (1991):	Spain 24;
Volume XVII (1992):	Italy 112; Italy 115; PR CHINA 1; Taiwan 1; UK 30; US 112; US 114; US 116;
Volume XVIII (1993):	Canada 2; Canada 4; Switzerland 22; UK 33; US 126; US 131; US 132; US 134; US 141;
Volume XIX (1994):	Australia 7; Australia 8; US 144; US 146; US 147; US 148; US 157; US 158;
Volume XX (1995):	Australia 10; France 21; US 159; US 164; US 168; US 169; US 171; US 172; US 173; US 188;
Volume XXI (1996):	Italy 138; Switzerland 27; US 189; US 198; US 203; US 207;
Volume XXII (1997):	Australia 12; Belgium 9; Germany 47; Netherlands 21; Netherlands 22; Switzerland 29; UK 41; UK 44; UK 46; US 211; US 218; US 219; US 221; US 224; US 231; US 233; US 237;
Volume XXIII (1998):	Australia 13; Australia 13; India 26; US 241; US 242; US 243; US 247; US 248; US 249; US 257; US 258; US 265;
Volume XXIV (1999):	Australia 15; Switzerland 32; US 272; US 278; US 286; US 287;
Volume XXV (2000):	Italy 154; US 293; US 295; US 299; US 304; US 307; US 308; US 311; US 314; US 315; US 329; US 330; US 332; US 333; US 335;
Volume XXVI (2001):	Monaco 1; Singapore 3; US 341; US 344; US 358;
Volume XXVII (2002):	US 363; US 364; US 367; US 368; US 371; US 380; US 384; US 389; US 390; US 402;
Volume XXVIII (2003):	US 403; US 416; US 421; US 424; US 435; US 441; US 443;
Volume XXIX (2004):	Australia 23; Netherlands 28; US 445; US 448; US 450; US 453; US 454; US 464; US 466; US 467; US 475;
Volume XXX (2005):	US 486; US 490; US 495; US 497; US 498; US 503; US 506; US 511; US 513; US 516; US 518; US 521; US 524;
Volume XXXI (2006):	Spain 44; US 529; US 530; US 531; US 532; US 535; US 538; US 541; US 543; US 544; US 547; US 550; US 552; US 558; US 559; US 560; US 561; US 570; US 571; US 576;
Volume XXXII (2007):	Australia 29; US 580; US 581; US 584; US 585; US 586; US 589; US 599; US 601; US 602; US 607;
Volume XXXIII (2008):	Singapore 8; US 612; US 615; US 618; US 626; US 635; US 641; US 642; US 647; US 651;
Volume XXXIV (2009):	US 653; US 656; US 657; US 659; US 671; US 672; US 674;
Volume XXXV (2010):	US 680; US 681; US 684; US 705; US 710;
Volume XXXVI (2011):	US 714; US 718; US 723; US 733; US 735; US 742; US 743; US 745;

¶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