INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

Contents XXII c. Relevance of the contract .............................................................533 d. Establishment of the facts and rules of evidence ..........................534 e. Decision ex aequo et bono and procedural questions ...................534 f. Decision ex aequo et bono and arbitral jurisdiction......................535 g. Amiable composition ...................................................................535 2. Agreement on a decision ex aequo et bono .........................................536 IV. Provisions of the contract and relevant trade usages.................................537 § 22 The arbitral award ..............................................................................................539 I. Types of awards........................................................................................539 II. Closing and reopening of the proceedings ................................................539 III. Making of the award .................................................................................540 1. Party autonomy...................................................................................540 2. Deliberations ......................................................................................540 3. Votes ..................................................................................................543 4. Confidentiality of the deliberations ....................................................544 5. Failure to participate in the deliberations and votes............................546 IV. Form and content of the award .................................................................547 1. Party autonomy...................................................................................547 2. Formal requirements...........................................................................547 3. Reasons for the decision .....................................................................548 4. Date of the award and signatures........................................................550 V. Dissenting opinion ....................................................................................551 1. Concept...............................................................................................551 2. Admissibility ......................................................................................552 3. Content, procedure and communication to the parties........................553 4. Effect ..................................................................................................554 VI. Notification of the arbitral award..............................................................554 1. Form and procedure............................................................................554 2. Effect ..................................................................................................556 VII. Confidentiality and publication of awards ................................................556 VIII. Deposit of the award .................................................................................557 IX. Interpretation and correction of the award and supplemental award.........559 1. Concept...............................................................................................559 2. Admissibility ......................................................................................560 3. Procedure and time-limits...................................................................561 4. Interpretation and correction...............................................................562 a. Concept of interpretation..............................................................562 b. Concept of correction ...................................................................563 c. Decision on interpretation or correction .......................................563 d. Remedies against the decision on interpretation or correction .....564 5. Supplemental award ...........................................................................565