Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ The award is fi­nal from the time when it is com­mu­nic­ated.

² An ar­bit­ral award may be set aside only:

a.

where the sole mem­ber of the ar­bit­ral tribunal¹⁶² was im­prop­erly ap­poin­ted or the ar­bit­ral tribunal im­prop­erly con­sti­tuted;

b.

where the ar­bit­ral tribunal wrongly ac­cep­ted or de­clined jur­is­dic­tion;

c.

where the ar­bit­ral tribunal ruled bey­ond the claims sub­mit­ted to it, or failed to de­cide one of the claims;

d.

where the prin­ciple of equal treat­ment of the parties or their right to be heard in an ad­versary pro­ced­ure were vi­ol­ated;

e.

where the award is in­com­pat­ible with pub­lic policy.

³ As re­gards pre­lim­in­ary awards, set­ting aside pro­ceed­ings may only be ini­ti­ated on the grounds of the above para­graphs 2(a) and 2(b); the time-lim­it runs from the com­mu­nic­a­tion of the award.

⁴ The dead­line for fil­ing the ap­peal amounts to 30 days from the award be­ing com­mu­nic­ated.¹⁶³