Protocol on Arbitration Clauses
Parties with reservations, declarations and objections
Party | Reservations / Declarations | Objections |
---|---|---|
Belgium | Yes | No |
Brazil | Yes | No |
Denmark | Yes | No |
Estonia | Yes | No |
France | Yes | No |
India | Yes | No |
Luxembourg | Yes | No |
Monaco | Yes | No |
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the | Yes | No |
Poland | Yes | No |
Portugal | Yes | No |
Romania | Yes | No |
Slovakia | Yes | No |
Spain | Yes | No |
Belgium
23-09-1924
Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of Article
1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.
Brazil
05-02-1932
Subject to the condition that the arbitral agreement or the arbitration clause mentioned
in Article 1 of this Protocol should be limited to contracts which are considered
as commercial by the Brazilian legislation.
Denmark
06-04-1931
Under Danish law, arbitral awards made by an Arbitral Tribunal do not immediately
become operative; it is necessary in each case, in order to make an award operative,
to apply to the ordinary courts of law. In the course of the proceedings, however,
the arbitral award will generally be accepted by such courts without further examination
as a basis of the final judgments in the affair.
Estonia
16-05-1929
Limits, in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 2 of this Protocol, the obligation
mentioned in paragraph 1 of the said article to contracts which are considered as
commercial under its national law.
France
07-06-1928
Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law. Its acceptance of the present Protocol does not include the Colonies, Overseas Possessions or Protectorates or Territories in respect of which France exercises a mandate.
India
23-10-1937
India reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph
of Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.
Luxembourg
15-09-1930
Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of Article
1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.
Monaco
08-02-1927
Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of Article
1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
06-08-1925
The Government of the Netherlands declares its opinion that the recognition in principle
of the validity of arbitration clauses in no way affects either the restrictive provisions
at present existing under Netherlands law or the right to introduce other restrictions
in the future.
Poland
26-06-1931
Under reservation that, in conformity with paragraph 2 of Article 1, the undertaking
contemplated in the said Article will apply only to contracts which are declared as
commercial in accordance with national Polish law.
Portugal
10-12-1930
In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 1, the Portuguese Government reserves
the right to limit the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 1 to
contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.
Romania
12-03-1925
Subject to the reservation that the Royal Government may in all circumstances limit
the obligation mentioned in Article 1, paragraph 2, to contracts which are considered
as commercial under its national law.
Slovakia
28-05-1993
[...] decided to adhere to the reservation made by the former Czechoslovak Republic
:
The Czechoslovak Republic will regard itself as being bound only in relation to States
which will have ratified the Convention of September 26th, 1927, on the Execution
of Foreign Arbitral Awards, and the Czechoslovak Republic does not intend by this
signature to invalidate in any way the bilateral treaties concluded by it which regulate
the questions referred to in the present Protocol by provisions going beyond the provisions
of the Protocol.
Spain
29-07-1926
Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1, paragraph 2, to
contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.