Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

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.