PILA Art. 176 -

Einleitung zur Rechtsnorm PILA:

Art. 176 PILA from 2022

Art. 176 I. Scope of application. Seat of the arbitral tribunal

¹ The provisions of this Chapter apply to arbitral tribunals that have their seat in Switzerland if, at the time that the arbitration agreement was concluded, at least one of the parties thereto did not have its domicile, its habitual residence or its seat in Switzerland. ⁽¹⁾

² The parties may exclude the application of this Chapter by making a declaration to this effect in the arbitration agreement or a subsequent agreement, and instead agree that the provisions of the third part of the CPC ⁽²⁾ apply. The declaration must be in the form specified in Article 178 paragraph 1. ⁽¹⁾

³ The seat of the arbitral tribunal is determined by the parties, or the arbitration institution designated by them, or, failing both, by the arbitral tribunal ⁽⁴⁾ itself.