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Netherlands: New Statute on Arbitration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Extract

On July 2, 1986, the Dutch Parliament adopted a statute modernizing Dutch law on arbitration. Although it does not technically distinguish between domestic and international arbitration, this statute, following the trend initiated by the United Kingdom [1979 Arbitration Act, 18 I.L.M. 1249 (1979)], France [Decree of May 12, 1981, 20 I.L.M. 917 (1981)], and Belgium [March 27, 1985 Statute, 25 I.L.M. 725 (1986)], clearly purports to liberalize Dutch law on international arbitration. The travaux preparatoires states that it does not substantially depart from the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration [24 I.L.M. 1302 (1985)]. The statute came into force on December 1, 1986, and applies to pending arbitration cases.

Type
Legislation and Regulations
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1987

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References

* [Reproduced from the English translation provided to International Legal Materials by Professor J.C. Schultsz of Blackstone, Rueb & Van Boeschoten, Amsterdam. Portions of the English text also appear in “Legislation in the Netherlands and International Arbitration,” Medelelingen van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor International Recht, Kluwer 1986.[ The Introductory Note was pTepared for international Legal Materials by Emmanuel Gaillard, I.L.M. Corresponding Editor for France, Professor of International Commercial Law and European Counsel, Shearman & Sterling, Paris.]