Article 4. The scope of application of the present Law

The present Law shall apply to international commercial arbitration in compliance with the agreements in force between the Republic of Uzbekistan and another state (states).

Disputes arising from all relations of commercial nature, both contractual and non-contractual, may be submitted to international commercial arbitration by agreement of the parties.

Provisions of the present Law - except for Articles 13, 14, 30, 31, 32, 51, and 52 - shall apply only if the place of arbitration is located in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Arbitration shall be international in the following cases:

1) the commercial enterprises of the parties to the arbitration agreement are located in different states at the time of its conclusion; or

2) one of the following places is outside the state in which the parties have their commercial enterprises:

a) the place of arbitration, if specified in or pursuant to the arbitration agreement;

b) any place where a substantial part of the obligations arising out of the commercial relationship is to be performed, or the place with which the subject matter of the dispute is most closely connected; or

3) the parties have expressly agreed that the subject matter of the arbitration agreement relates to more than one country.

For the purposes of part 4 of this Article, when a party:

1) has more than one commercial enterprise, the enterprise, which has the closest connection with the arbitration agreement shall be considered the commercial enterprise;

2) does not have a commercial enterprise, its habitual location (place of residence) shall be taken into account.

The present Law shall not affect the effect of any other law of the Republic of Uzbekistan, by virtue of which certain disputes may not be submitted to arbitration or may be submitted to arbitration only in accordance with the provisions that do not constitute provisions of the present Law.