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Proceedings Initiated in 2022

Types of proceedings 2021 2022
Total number of DIS proceedings   133 164
DIS Arbitration Rules   110 135
  of which 1998 DIS Arbitration Rules 2  1
  of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules 91 108
  of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annex 4 6 6
  of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annex 5 11 19
  of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annexes 4+5 0 0
  relating to Packaging Law 0 1
DIS/Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) arbitration proceedings   13 6
  of which IHK Stuttgart 1 1
  of which IHK  München und Oberbayern 4 4
  of which IHK Frankfurt am Main 3 1
  of which IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein 1 0
  of which IHK Bonn/Rhein-Sieg 2 0
  of which IHK Regensburg für Oberpfalz/Kelheim  1 0
  of which IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt 1 0
2016 DIS Sport Arbitration Rules   2 5
Subtotal of arbitration proceedings   125 146
Conciliation   0 6
Mediation   5 7
Adjudication   0 0
Expert Determination   1 1
Subtotal ADR proceedings   6 14
Other proceedings (Ad hoc Appointing Authority)   2 3
UNCITRAL   0 1

Arbitration Proceedings – Value of Disputes in 2022

  2021 2022
Value of disputes** 1.572.579.129 € 2.847.764.101 €
of which DIS arbitration proceedings (statements of claim) 1.205.970.764 € 2.336.506.536 €
of which DIS arbitration proceedings (increase in the amount claimed/counter-claims) 365.628.658 € 493.342.351 €
of which DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings 979.708 € 17.915.214 €
Value of disputes 2021 2022
lowest 1.000 € 3.000 €
highest 151.054.173 € 441.119.584 €
Median 592.935 € 1.091.986 €

* Based on the number of arbitration proceedings, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (123 proceedings 2021/141 proceedings in 2022).
** Taking into account the value of arbitration proceedings (DIS/IHK) commenced in the relevant year only, as well as the increase in the amount claimed and counterclaims filed during the relevant year (irrespective of when the arbitration proceedings were initiated). It is not the total value in dispute of all arbitration proceedings pending in the relevant year.

Arbitration Proceedings – Places of Arbitration 2022

In Germany Abroad
City Number of cases Country City Number of cases
Bad Salzuflen 1 Switzerland Geneva 1
Berlin 14 Austria Vienna 4
Bochum 1      
Bonn 3      
Bremen 2      
Bremerhaven 1      
Celle 1      
Dresden 1      
Düsseldorf 8      
Essen 1      
Frankfurt am Main 42      
Grünwald 1      
Hamburg 7      
Hannover 2      
Cologne 7      
Mannheim 1      
Munich 26      
Nürnberg 1      
Oldenburg 1      
Regensburg 3      
Saarbrücken 1      
Siegen 1      
Stuttgart 6      
Warendorf 1      
total 133     5

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2022 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings  (141 proceedings in total). In three cases, the place of arbitration had not yet been determined when the proceedings were initiated.

Arbitration Proceedings – Language of the Proceedings 2022

Languages of the proceedings 2021 2022
English 37 (30 %) 49 (35 %)
German 85 (70 %) 89 (65 %)

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2022 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings  (141 proceedings in total).

Arbitration Proceedings – Involvement of Foreign Parties 2022

Proceedings with foreign parties 2021 2022
Total 43 (35 %) 57 (40 %)
of which arbitration proceedings with one foreign party 32 43
of which arbitration proceedings with foreign parties on both sides 11 14

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2022 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings  (141 proceedings in total).

Arbitration Proceedings – Represented Countries 2022

  2021 2022
Number of cases in which parties are from different countries 54 84
     
Albania - 1
Australians - 1
Austria 4 4
Bahamas - 1
Belgium 3 2
Bulgaria - 1
Canada - 1
China 2 7
Denmark 3 -
Egypt - -
France - 4
Great Britain 4 7
Hong Kong - 2
Italy 1 3
Japan 1 2
Kenya - 1
Latvia - 1
Lebanon - 1
Liechtenstein 2 7
Luxembourg 5 3
Malaysia - 1
Mexico - 1
Morocco - 1
Netherlands 10 9
Pakistan - 1
Poland 1 2
Qatar - 1
Romania - 1
Russia - 4
Singapore - 1
Slovenia 1 -
Spain 1 1
Sweden 2 1
Switzerland 3 2
Taiwan 2 1
Turkey 1 -
Ukraine 1 1
United Arab Emirates - 2
United States of America 7 5

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2022 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings  (141 proceedings in total).

Arbitration Proceedings – Multi-Party Proceedings 2022

Multi-party proceedings 2021 2022
Total 30 (24,4 %) 34 (24,1 %)
of which multiple claimants 9 4
of which multiple respondents 20 21
of which multiple parties on both sides 1 9

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2022 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings  (141 proceedings in total).

Sport Arbitration Proceedings

Dynamic development of the case load since the establishment of the German Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2008

The German Court of Arbitration decides as Arbitration Court for the first instance, the appellate instance and about submissions for interim relief

Instances of sport arbitration proceedings 2021 2022
Total 2 5
of which 1st instance 2 4
of which appellate instance - 1
of which interim relief  - -

Types of the subject matter

Types of the subject matter 2021 2022
Total 2 5
of which anti-doping-disputes - 5
of which general sports-related disputes 2 -

Applications for financial aid 2022 (as introduced by 2016 DIS Sport Arbitration Rules) took place in three proceedings.

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