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仲裁员道德行为规则

PREABMBLE
The present Ethical Rules of conduct for arbitrators (“Ethical rules”) shall apply to all arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (“AC at the BCCI”). These Rules are intended to encourage the professionalism and quality of work of arbitrators; to reaffirm the justice and impartiality of the arbitration procedure; to raise the public trust in the arbitration method for solving disputes as well as in the AC at the BCCI as the leading arbitration institution in the Republic of Bulgaria. The Ethical rules aim at establishing equitable and appropriate conduct for arbitrators during the process of hearing and solving of arbitration cases; they establish standards for their social and personal behaviour and by creating a framework for the expectations of those parties who have turned to the AC at the BCCI for the protection of their rights.

 

SECTION I
Principle Provisions
Art. 1. (1) During the course of their activities, arbitrators shall be independent and shall be obliged to act in honesty and to remain impartial by solely submitting to the Constitution, the international treaties to which the Republic of Bulgaria is signatory, the laws and norms of justice.
  (2) Arbitrators shall be bound by the rules of conduct in their professional activities, in executing their public deeds and in their personal life.
  (3) It shall not be admissible for an arbitrator to have any personal interest in the outcome of those cases that have been heard and solved by a tribunal to which that arbitrator is a member.
Art. 2. In order to avoid any doubts with regard to the presence of independence and impartiality of arbitrators, resp. the lack of interest in the outcome of the case, the following shall not be permitted:
 
  1. the involvement in a proceeding as an arbitrator if the individual is party to the same proceeding, a legal representative of either party to the proceeding or a relative of either party to the proceeding or of their legal representatives; the involvement as an arbitrator shall not be allowed as well as when the legal representative of one of the parties and the arbitrator work at one and the same Law Firm or at any other lawyers’ cooperation.
  2. the involvement of arbitrators who related by any natural ties of relationship.
  3. the involvement of arbitrators who before their appointment have given legal advice to either party to the proceeding concerning the legal relations which are wholly or party the subject of the case.
  4. the involvement of arbitrators, who have been witnesses, private evaluators or experts.
  5. the involvement of arbitrators, who have common rights, common duties or common interests (legal relations in connection to common work on employment or basic consultation) with a party to the proceeding or legal representative.
  6. it is incompatible for arbitrators to enter into any relations with the parties to the proceeding.
SECTION II
Rules of Professional Conduct for Arbitrators
Art. 3. (1) Upon their election or appointment arbitrators must disclose all the circumstances which as a result of an objective judgment could evoke doubts in relation to the arbitrator’s independence and impartiality.
  (2) Arbitrators shall also have the obligation pursuant to the preceding paragraph in situations where the circumstances, that may give rise to doubts concerning their independence and impartiality have occurred after their election/appointment as arbitrators.
  (3) Upon the acceptance of their mandate and at any subsequent rise of doubts concerning their independence and impartiality, arbitrators shall fill out a declaration of independence and impartiality, which shall be brought to the attention of the parties to the proceeding.
  (4) The breach of the obligations listed under this Article shall qualify as a breach of the Ethical Rules, even when the failure to declare the circumstances does not substantiate a challenge of an arbitrator.
Art. 4. Arbitrators shall accept the parties’ choice or their official appointment only if they are certain that they meet the following requirements and the following conditions are present:
 
  • they are independent and are capable of fulfilling their obligations impartially;
  • they possess the necessary knowledge, experience and competence in order to solve the issues of the dispute;
  • they have sufficient time and prospect in order to hear and settle a dispute, in accordance with its particular peculiarities, within the timeframes settled by the Rules of the AC at the BCCI.
Art. 5. (1) During the course of the arbitration proceedings, arbitrators shall be obliged to treat the opposing parties as equal and shall display equal treatment to all the parties to the case. Consequently arbitrators shall refrain from acting or speaking in a manner that might give rise to doubts concerning their independence and impartiality.
  (2) Arbitrators shall therefore be patient and shall relate to the parties, their legal representatives, to the witnesses and to other participants in the proceeding kindly and with due respect.
  (3) 案件审理期间以及在最终裁决作出之前，仲裁员应避免与案件当事人或其法定代理人有任何接触，因为这些接触会使人们对他们仲裁的公正和独立性产生合理的怀疑。
  (4) 仲裁员应感谢并尊重保加利亚工商业联合会仲裁庭的同事-仲裁员，秘书以及其他人员，应避免任何无原则的批评和不恰当的个人评价。
  (5) 仲裁员应善意履行他们的法定职责，努力在坚守原则和适用仲裁规则之间权衡。
第六条.

仲裁员禁止（直接或间接）接受当事人及其法定代理人或者任何第三方的好处（礼物，恩惠，款待，其他法律程序的约定，雇佣，对仲裁员亲属的恩惠或者咨询，等等）。
第七条.

仲裁员在仲裁过程中形成仲裁意见时或者最后做出仲裁裁决时，都不能受到外界压力的影响，不能惧怕批评、利益的诱惑或者挫折。
第八条 (1) 仲裁员不得以任何形式分享或者传播任何他们在庭审和解决仲裁案件过程中获得的信息，仲裁员有义务保护当事人的商业机密。
  (2) 对于仲裁法庭成员对任何关于质询过程中问题的讨论，仲裁员均应保密。
第九条.

除非法律另有规定，否则保加利亚工商业联合会仲裁法庭的仲裁员不允许参与其他与仲裁员质疑相关的仲裁程序或者意在驳回保加利亚工商会仲裁法庭做出的仲裁裁决的仲裁程序。任何关于这些问题和法律程序的主张和咨询都是不被允许的。
第十条.

保加利亚工商会仲裁法庭的仲裁员不能成为保加利亚共和国境内其他具有普遍司法权仲裁机构的仲裁员。

 
第三章
仲裁员个人行为规范
第十一条.

仲裁员的个人仪表是仲裁机构公共认知的一部分。因此仲裁员应当：
 

1. 自愿接受对其个人状态的约束；

2. 在个人生活和公共形象方面没有不检点的行为；

3. 根据其职业形象的要求修饰其个人形象；

4. 不得滥用仲裁法庭或者保加利亚工商业联合会的声望以实现其个人或其亲属的利益；

5. 不得接受或者通过他人接受任何可能影响其正直性的恩惠，礼物，借贷及其他事项。
第四章
公共场所行为规范
第十二条.

仲裁员可以通过发表意见或者参与关于法律修改的讨论帮助修订法律和法令并改善保加利亚共和国的环境。仲裁员可以发表演说，发表畅销书以及学术方面的著作，参加广播和电视节目或其他活动以及评论当前的法律。
第十三条.

关于仲裁员与政府机关和公共机构，非政府组织以及媒体等的关系方面，仲裁员应当：
 

1. 举止恰当并有谨慎义务；

2. 遵守仲裁程序的保密条款，不得讨论保加利亚共和国仲裁法庭未作出裁决的仲裁案件；

3. 在任何情况下，都要作出有利于保加利亚工商会仲裁法庭声望的行为。
第十四条. 仲裁员违反当前法律规定（根据特定侵权的权重），将被保加利亚工商业联合会仲裁法庭开除。

现行道德规范是由联合国大会于2005年2月23日对仲裁人员签发。

2005年5月12日