INTRODUCTION TO PROCEEDINGS

Presentation of the Arbitrations' proceedings

For greater convenience, the proceedings proposed by the Arbitration Chamber of Paris have been classified into three groups entitled “Institutional Proceedings”, “Associated Proceedings” and “External Proceedings”.

1/ Institutional proceedings

          1. The Rules of the Arbitration Chamber of Paris , which are the standard rules of the Arbitration Chamber of Paris. These rules are applied when no other rules have been specified by the parties in their contract ;

The scale of arbitration costs applicable with the rules of the Arbitration Chamber of Paris, depends on the nature of the dispute : 

  -         disputes of a general nature (any dispute except those mentioned below) : application of the general scale

   -         business or raw material transformation dispute : application of the
general scale . (if there is a doubt, it is suitable to question the Arbitration Chamber Office).

Since the first of March 2001 the Arbitration Chamber of Paris offers a Mediation-Conciliation procedure : ( Mediation-Conciliation Rules of Procedure )

          2. The CAP-ACAREF Arbitration Rules , instituted in 1998 with the “Association de Conciliation, Médiation et Arbitrage Régionale des Experts-Comptables Franciliens” are to be applied to financial disputes primarily;

          - scale CAP-ACAREF

          3. The FFF Arbitration Rules , created in collaboration with the “Fédération Française de la Franchise” (FFF), are to be applied to the franchising field.

           - scale FFF 

         4.  The A.C.P.I Rules ,elaborated in partnership with the Association of Industrial Property Attorneys, are intended to be applicable in all domains of intellectual property.

            - Scale ACPI -

These four rules have in common the fact that they have all been developed by the Arbitration Chamber of Paris, in partnership with the concerned organizations.

2/ Associated Proceedings

The associated proceedings are tied to specific fields for which the Arbitration Chamber handles the organization of the arbitration proceedings by applying rules inherent to the fields in question.

It concerns :

-          The rules of the International Seed Trade Federation (FIS), applicable to international seed trade disputes ;

-         The ASSINSEL rules devoted to controversies linked to the research and creation of rights relative to methods and results of plant improvements ;

-         The rules of the “Réseau Européen d’Arbitrage et de Médiation” (European Network for Dispute Resolution), whose field of activity is the resolving of cross-border disputes that do not exceed € 100.000.

3/ External Proceedings

External Proceedings refer to : 

1.      The international arbitrations regulated by the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

2.      The ad hoc arbitrations, for which the Arbitration Chamber of Paris proposes its services and its experience to arbitrators, who execute their mission in a non institutional way.