Law No. 27/1994
Promulgating the Law Concerning Arbitration in Civil and Commercial Matters
In the name of the People The President of the Republic The People's Assembly has adopted and we have promulgated the Law of
which the provisions are as follows:
Article (1) The provisions of the annexed Law shall apply to any arbitration pending
at the time it enters into force or which commence thereafter, even if it is based on an arbitral agreement
concluded before the Law entered into force.
Article (2) The Minister of Justice shall issue
the Decree required for the enforcement of the provisions of the Law, and shall lay
down the lists of arbitrators from which selections shall be made pursuant to the provision of article (17) thereof.
Article (3) Articles 501 to 503 inclusive of Law No. 13/1968 promulgating the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedures are
hereby repealed, as is any provision contrary to the provisions of this Law.
Article (4) This Law shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force one month from the day following the date of its publication. This Law shall be sealed with the Seal of the State enforced as one of its laws. Hosni Mubarak Issued at the Presidency on 18 April 1994. Corresponding 7 Thou El-Keada 1414 Hijri.
- Part I - General Provisions
- Part II - Arbitral Agreement
- Part III - The Arbitral Tribunal
- Part IV - The Arbitral Proceeding
- Part V - The Arbitral Award and the Termination of Proceedings
- Part VI - Nullity of Arbitral Award
- Part VII - Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Official Gazette No. 16 bis 21st of April 1994
Part I -General Provisions
Article (1)
(As amended by Law No. 9 of 1997 promulgating on 19 May 1997 and published on 15 May 1997, adding a second paragraph to Article 1):
Without prejudice to the provisions of international conventions in force in the Arab Republic of Egypt, the provisions of the present Law shall apply to all arbitration between public law or private law persons, whatever the nature of the legal relationship around which the dispute revolves, when such arbitrations are conducted in Egypt or when the parties to an international commercial arbitration conducted abroad agree to subject it to the provisions of this Law.
In regard to administrative contract disputes, the arbitration agreement shall have the approval of the concerned minister or the official assuming his powers with respect to public juridical persons. No delegation of powers shall authorized therefore.
Article (2)
An arbitration is commercial within the scope of this Law if the dispute arose over a legal relationship of an economic nature, whether contractual or non-contractual. This comprises, in particular, the supply of commodities or services, commercial agencies, construction and engineering or technical Know-how contracts, the granting of industrial, touristic and other licenses, technology transfer, investment and development contracts, banking, insurance and transport operations, exploration and extraction of natural wealth, energy supply, the laying of gas or oil pipelines, the building of roads and tunnels, the reclamation of agricultural land, the protection of the environment and the establishment of nuclear reactors.
Article (3)
Arbitration is international within the scope of this Law if the matter thereof relates to international trade as in the following cases:
- If the respective head offices of the parties to the arbitration are situated in two different countries at the time the arbitral agreement is concluded. If either of the two parties has several business centers, the one most closely linked to the subject matter of the arbitral agreement shall count. Should either of the two parties not have business center, then his usual place of abode shall count.
- If the parties to the arbitration agree to resort to a permanent arbitral organization or to an arbitration center having its headquarters in Egypt or abroad.
- If the subject matter of the dispute falling within the scope of the arbitral agreement is linked to more than one state.
- If the respective head offices of the parties to arbitration are located in the same state at the time the arbitral agreement is concluded, and one of the following places is located outside.
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