AUSTRIA 22

22 - 07 - 2009

AUSTRIA 22

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXV (2010)
Jurisdiction Austria
Summary

Austria 22. Oberster Gerichtshof, 22 July 2009

Related topics
301

The court discusses the principle that the procedure for the enforcement of awards under the Convention is governed by the lex fori, as well as procedural issues (such as the competent enforcement court) not falling under the specific cases of ¶¶ 302-307.

Procedure for enforcement in general
524

Public policy: The court discusses the effect of other alleged violations of public policy on the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award, such as contradictory reasons, manifest disregard of the law (US), etc.

Other cases
704

More-favorable right provision: The court discusses the application of the 1961 European Convention together with the New York Convention, and the relationship between the two treaties.

European Convention of 1961
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