About European Court of Arbitration in brief

Establishment

The European Court of Arbitration had been established within the European Centre for Arbitration and Mediation d’Arbitrage et de Médiation, since 1959 under the patronage of the Council of Europe and other prestigious institutions from the business and academic community.

Organization

The European Court of Arbitration comes with well-established national presences in various jurisdictions in the form of the International Registries for and also in the form of national chapters created in 16 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, including Romania.

Romania Chapter

The Romania Chapter had been established in 2022.

Since 2024, the Romanian Chapter has also been extended to cover the jurisdiction of Moldova.

Arguments for choosing the European Court of Arbitration as a forum for your international or domestic dispute

1. Availability of 4 flexible procedures regulated each by a specific set of rules, providing for procedural instruments efficient in specific industries dispute resolution.
2. Duration of the dispute resolution between 3 to maximum 9 months.
3. Professional arbitrators who are independent, impartial and hyperspecialised in specific industries dispute resolution
4. Reasonable costs and flexible payment of the arbitration tax in instalments according to the procedural stages.
5. Website in 3 different language:

– Romanian language: https://cour-europe-arbitrage.org/ro/

– English language: https://cour-europe-arbitrage.org/

– French language: https://cour-europe-arbitrage.org/fr/

Procedural instruments efficient in specific industries dispute resolution

The Rules of Arbitration of the European Court of arbitration provides for specific instruments applicable in dispute resolution to increase efficiency in time, cost and quality of dispute resolutions, as:

–          Solving disputes based on documents only, for uncomplicated claims in construction, energy, real estate, IT industries

–          Nomination of the arbitrators together with the parties in the preliminary conference

–          Possibility to appoint non lawyers arbitrators, high profile specialists in their field of expertise: engineers, economists, university professors and IT specialists, suitable to solve construction, energy, real estate, IT industries disputes,

–          Enhanced powers of the Arbitral Tribunal:

• Drafting the List of questions to be solved, offering of prima facie understanding of the case
• Ordering a party to produce documents, or classes of documents or other relevant evidence, which have been exactly identified and which be proportional to the complexity of the dispute,
• Ordering, requested by a party or of its own, that an expert file a report, essential for  dispute resolution in construction, energy, real estate, IT industries
• Granting conservatory measures and interlocutory injunctions including the requiring of the posting of a security when an urgent application for such measures is made,
• Summary disposal of the a Claim or Defence
• Ordering, irrespective of the substantive determination of the dispute on the merits; against one of the parties the costs, disbursements and the part of the fees caused or arising from any unjustified and dilatory procedural conduct of that party.

An informative agenda  shall cover the following:

European Court of Arbitration Days in Romania

Specialised arbitration for complex business disputes: Romania as a credible regional forum

27^th  of October 2026

Location: Novotel Bucharest

9.00 – 9.05 – Opening remarks from the hosts

9.05 – 9.25 – Introducing new developments of the European Court of Arbitration – understanding a global Court with a local reach – President of the European Arbitration Court

9.25 – 9.35 – Mission possible of the European Court of Arbitration in Romania – education and changing mentalities – building up a community of independent professionals in arbitration

9.35 – 10.00 – Panel 1 – Hyper specialisation of the arbitration services – Arbitrators and Rules of Arbitration dedicated to main industries, Q&A

10.00 – 10.30 – Coffee break

Addressing the specifics of dispute resolution on industries

Construction & Infrastructure dispute resolution 

10.30 – 10.55 – Panel 2– Addressing the specifics of construction & infrastructure dispute resolution: mediation, adjudication, courts or arbitration,

10.55 – 11.20 – Panel 3– Dispute resolution from the perspectives of the heads of legal/ CEO in construction & design companies, operating on the Romanian market,

11.20 – 12.00 – Panel 4– Hyper specialisation of the arbitration services in construction – Useful arbitration instruments dedicated to construction dispute resolution, Role of the European Court of Arbitration in the Romanian Market dispute resolution in construction – Learning from the lessons of the past,

12.00 – 12.30 – Q&A

12.30 – 13.30 – Lunch break

Real estate & Energy dispute resolution

13.30 – 13. 55  – Panel 5 – Addressing the specifics of real estate and energy dispute resolution: adjudication, mediation, courts or arbitration,

13.55 – 14.20  – Panel 6 – Dispute resolution from the perspectives of the heads of legal/ CEOs in real estate & energy companies, operating on the Romanian market,

14.20 – 14.50  – Panel 7 – Hyperspecialisation of the arbitration services in real estate & energy – Usefulness of Rules of Arbitration dedicated to real estate,  Role of the European Court of Arbitration,

14.50 – 15.00:  Q&A

15.00 – 15.30– Coffee break

IT, AI & Cybersecurity Dispute Resolution

15.30 – 16.00 –  Panel 8 -Addressing the specifics of dispute resolution in IT, AI & Cybersecurity: adjudication, mediation, courts or arbitration, Perspectives of the heads of legal/ CEOs in IT companies, operating on the Romanian market: AI, Cybersecurity and utility applications,

16.00 – 16.25 – Panel 9 – Hyper specialisation of the arbitration services in IT – Usefulness of Rules of Arbitration dedicated to IT, Role of the European Court of Arbitration

16.25 – 16.45: Q&A

Public Procurement dispute resolution – an interdisciplinary hyper specialisation approach 

16.45 – 17.00: Panel 10 – Standing of public companies and institutions in choosing the right dispute resolution method; Q&A

17.00 – 17.30 – Panel 11 – Romanian Courts vs. European Court of Arbitration in public procurement dispute resolution

17.30 – 17. 50 – Q&A

17.50 – 18.00 – Closing remarks

19.30 – 22.00 –  Gala Dinner – Reception

European Arbitration Court Days in Romania

28^th  of October 2026

Location: Centrul de Business & Arbitraj,   Radu Calomfirescu no.13

European Arbitration Court – Masterclass

How an European Arbitration Court’s arbitration case works in practice: from filing to the bullet proof Award

9.00 – 12.00