Spain

The Legal Framework for Arbitration

General Information

  • UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes. 

  • Legal Provisions: Spanish Arbitration Act 60/2003 of 23 December 2003 (as amended).

Arbitral Institutions

  • The Spanish Court of Arbitration

  • Court of Arbitration of the Official Chamber of Commerce of Madrid

  • Civil an Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA)

  • Arbitral Tribunal of Barcelona

  • Arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce of Bilbao

Multilateral Conventions

  • New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 12 May 1977); reservations: none.   

  • European Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 12 May 1975).  

  • ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 18 August 1994).   

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

 

Last updated February 2019