B-35: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
ADOPTED AT: PANAMA, PANAMA
DATE: 01/30/75
CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW
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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 06/16/76 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 10 OF THE CONVENTION.
DEPOSITORY: GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND
RATIFICATIONS).
TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 42.
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UN REGISTRATION: 03/20/89 No. 24384 Vol.
OBSERVATIONS: This Convention shall remain open for signature by the
Member States of the OAS and for accession by any other
State.
GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-35
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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES SIGNATURE REF RA/AC/AD REF DEPOSIT INST INFORMA REF
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Argentina ........... 03/15/91 3 11/03/94 01/05/95 RA / /
Bolivia ............. 08/02/83 2 10/08/98 04/29/99 RA / /
Brazil .............. 01/30/75 08/31/95 11/27/95 RA / /
Chile ............... 01/30/75 04/08/76 05/17/76 RA / /
Colombia ............ 01/30/75 11/18/86 12/29/86 RA / /
Costa Rica .......... 01/30/75 01/02/78 01/20/78 RA / /
Dominican Republic .. 04/18/77 02/11/08 07/07/08 RA / /
Ecuador ............. 01/30/75 08/06/91 10/23/91 RA / /
El Salvador ......... 01/30/75 06/27/80 08/11/80 RA / /
Guatemala ........... 01/30/75 07/07/86 08/20/86 RA / /
Honduras ............ 01/30/75 01/08/79 03/22/79 RA / /
Mexico .............. 10/27/77 1 02/15/78 03/27/78 RA / /
Nicaragua ........... 01/30/75 07/15/03 10/02/03 RA / /
Panama .............. 01/30/75 11/11/75 12/17/75 RA / /
Paraguay ............ 08/26/75 1 12/02/76 12/15/76 RA / /
Peru ................ 04/21/88 05/02/89 05/22/89 RA / /
United States ....... 06/09/78 11/10/86 a 09/27/90 RA / /
Uruguay ............. 01/30/75 03/29/77 04/25/77 RA / /
Venezuela ........... 01/30/75 03/22/85 05/16/85 RA / /
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REF = REFERENCE INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
D = DECLARATION RA = RATIFICATION
R = RESERVATION AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY AD = ACCESSION
B-35. INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
1. Mexico, Paraguay:
Signed ad referendum.
a. United States:
(Reservations made at the time of ratification)
1. Unless there is an express agreement among the parties to
an arbitration agreement to the contrary, where the
requirements for application of both the Inter-American
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards are met, if a majority of such parties are
citizens of a state or states that have ratified or acceded to
the Inter-American Convention and are Member States of the
Organization of American States, the Inter-American Convention
shall apply. In all other cases, the Convention on the
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards shall
apply.
2. The Unites States of America will apply the rules of
procedure of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration
Commisssion which are in effect on the date that the United
States of America deposits its instrument of ratification,
unless the United States of America makes a later official
determination to adopt and apply subsequent amendments to such
rules.
3. The United States of America will apply the Convention,
on the basis of reciprocity, to the recognition and enforcement
of only those awards made in the territory of another
Contracting State.
2. Bolivia
On November 19, 2021, the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the OAS
the depository on the designation of the central authority
with contact information regarding the following inter-American instruments
deposited with the General Secretariat of the OAS:
• Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration.
3. Argentina
On May 23, 2008, Argentina informed the depository on the designation of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Commerce and Worship / Directorate-General for Legal Affairs
as the central authority )
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of the Treaty