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Recent changes to the Dutch Arbitration Act and the NAI Arbitration Rules allow for further tailor-making

19 March 2015

On 1 January 2015 the new Dutch Arbitration Act (the new act) entered into force replacing the former Dutch Arbitration Act of 1986 (the former act). The amendments regard Book IV of the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure and some provisions of the Dutch Civil Code. Several arbitration institutions in the Netherlands, such as the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) and the Transport and Maritime Arbitration Rotterdam-Amsterdam foundation (TAMARA), adopted new arbitration rules in order to align them with the new act.

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