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of 19 December 2008 (Status as of 1 January 2022)
Art. 372Pendency
1 Arbitration proceedings become pending:
a.
when a party seises the arbitral tribunal designated in the arbitration agreement; or
b.
if no arbitral tribunal is designated in the arbitration agreement: when a party initiates the procedure to constitute the arbitral tribunal or the preceding conciliation proceedings agreed by the parties.
2 If identical actions between the same parties are submitted before an ordinary court and an arbitral tribunal, the last seised court shall suspend the proceedings until the first seised court has decided on its competence.