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CMCAO's Med-arb Clause

 It is recommended that parties wishing to make reference to the Chamber in their contracts use the standard clause below:

  1. All disputes arising out of or in connection with the present contract, in particular, any question relating to its existence, negotiation, validity or termination of this contract, shall be finally settled through mediation, under the Rules of mediation of the [indicate institution in charge of mediation] in its [date of Rules] version.
  2. If the dispute hasn’t been settled through mediation [in the time limit of ___ days upon receipt of mediation request] / [upon the time limit set by the parties], the dispute shall be settled through arbitration, under the Rules of Arbitration of the Chamber of Mediation, Conciliation, and Arbitration of Occitanie (CMCAO) in its [date of Rules] version.
  3. The number of arbitrators shall be [indicate number].
  4. The legal place of arbitration shall be at the Secretariat of the Chamber, at 10 Boulevard d’Arcole – 31000 TOULOUSE
  5. The language to be used in the arbitration proceedings shall be [...].
  6. The award shall be rendered at law and the governing law of the contract shall be the substantive law of […].

Parties are free to adapt the clause to the dispute’s circumstances.