Registration regime for permanent arbitral institutions: key developmets

01.12.2016 Registration regime for permanent arbitral institutions: key developmets

The Government of the Russian Federation has adopted Decree No. 577 of 25 June 2016 "On approval of the rules on granting of the right to perform the functions of a permanent arbitral institution and of the regulation on depositing of the rules of a permanent arbitral institution". In order for an arbitral institution to be able to administer arbitration, the non-profit organization under which it was created must obtain authorization from the Russian Government. Such authorization will be granted on the basis of a recommendation of the Council for the development of arbitration.
Once the arbitral institution obtained the permission to perform the functions of a permanent arbitral institution, it should deposit its arbitration rules in the RF Ministry of Justice, publish it on its website and give a notice to the RF Ministry of Justice of publishing the deposited rules.
Moreover, the RF Ministry of Justice has specified that one third of arbitrators of a permanent arbitral institution should have Russian PhD in the following areas of specialization:

  • Civil law 
  • Business (economic) law 
  • International private law 
  • Civil process 
  • Arbitrary process 
  • Corporate law 
  • International law 
  • Family law 
  • Entrepreneurial law 
  • Energy law

Here you can find the adopted regulations and sample forms of consent to personal data processing and inclusion in the recommended list of arbitrators (in Russian language only):

  1. Regulation of the Government of the Russian Federation No.577 of 25 June 2016 “On approval of the rules on granting of the right to perform the functions of a permanent arbitral institution and of the regulation on depositing of the rules of a permanent arbitral institution”
  2. Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 200 of 31 August 2016 “On approval of the rules on giving notice by permanent arbitral institution on publishing deposited rules on the PAI`s website”
  3. Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation of 14 October 2016 “On approval of the list of areas of specialization, that a third of the arbitrators must possess PhD in”
  4. Sample form of consent to personal data processing 
  5. Sample form of consent to inclusion in the recommended list of arbitrators



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