Portugal

The Legal Framework for Arbitration

General Information

  • UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.

  • Legal Provisions: Law No. 63/2011 of 14 December 2011 (PAL).

Arbitral Institutions

  • Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  • Centro de Conciliação Mediação de Conflitos e Arbitragem da Concórdia

Multilateral Conventions

  • New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 18 October 1994); reservations: none.

  • European Convention: No.

  • ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 2 July 1984).

  • Energy Charter Treaty: Yes (ratification/accession: 11 December 1997).

 

Last updated February 2019