Slovakia

The Legal Framework for Arbitration

General Information

  • UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.

  • Legal Provisions: Arbitration Act (Act No. 244/2002), as amended by Act No. 160/2015.

Arbitral Institutions

  • Arbitration Court of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  • Permanent Arbitration Court of the Slovak Banking Association

  • Arbitration Court of the Slovak Bar Association

  • JSM Permanent Court of Arbitration

Multilateral Conventions

  • New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 28 May 1993); reservations: none.   

  • European Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 28 May 1993).  

  • ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 27 May 1994).   

  • Energy Charter Treaty: Yes (ratification/accession: 7 September 1995).

 

Last updated February 2019