1 The arbitral tribunal shall decide on its own jurisdiction.
1bis It shall decide on its jurisdiction without regard to any action having the same subject matter that is already pending between the same parties before a state court or another arbitral tribunal, unless there are substantial grounds for a stay in proceedings.154
2 Any objection to its jurisdiction must be raised prior to any defence on the merits.
3 The arbitral tribunal shall, in general, decide on its jurisdiction by a preliminary decision.
154 Inserted by No I of the FA of 6 Oct. 2006 (Arbitration, Jurisdiction), in force since 1 March 2007 (AS 2007 387; BBl 2006 4677 4691).
Si l’aide de l’autorité judiciaire est nécessaire dans d’autres cas, on requerra le concours du juge du siège du tribunal arbitral.
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