Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

The dispute shall be submitted to the arbitral tribunal either jointly by the parties or by the most diligent party.

If the arbitration agreement does not set a time limit, the duration of the arbitral tribunal’s mission is limited to six months from its referral. The statutory or contractual time limit may be extended by agreement of the parties or, failing that, by the supporting judge.

Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, the arbitral tribunal shall determine the arbitral procedure without being bound to follow the rules established for state courts. However, the guiding principles of the proceedings set out in articles 4 to 10, the first paragraph of Article 11, the second and third paragraphs of Article 12 and to articles 13 to 21,23 and 23-1. The parties and the arbitrators shall act expeditiously and…

The arbitral tribunal shall have sole jurisdiction to rule on disputes relating to its jurisdictional powers.

A party who, knowingly and without legitimate reason, refrains from invoking an irregularity in good time before the arbitral tribunal shall be deemed to have waived the right to invoke it.

The arbitral tribunal shall carry out the necessary acts of inquiry unless the parties authorise it to appoint one of its members. The arbitral tribunal may hear any person. Such hearing shall take place without the taking of an oath. If a party is in possession of evidence, the arbitral tribunal may order it to produce it in the manner it shall determine and, if necessary, under penalty of a…

The arbitral tribunal may order the parties to take any protective or provisional measure it deems appropriate, under the conditions it shall determine and, if necessary, subject to a penalty payment. However, the State court alone shall have jurisdiction to order protective attachments and judicial securities. The arbitral tribunal may modify or supplement the provisional or protective measure it has ordered.

If a party to the arbitral proceedings intends to rely on an authentic or private deed to which it was not a party or on a document held by a third party, it may, at the invitation of the arbitral tribunal, summon that third party before the president of the judicial court for the purpose of obtaining the issue of a copy or the production of the deed or document….

Unless otherwise stipulated, the arbitral tribunal shall have the power to decide the incident of verification of handwriting or forgery in accordance with the provisions of Articles 287 to 294 and from article 299. In the event of an incidental false registration, Article 313 shall apply. .

The interruption of proceedings is governed by the provisions of articles 369 to 372.