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1. What kinds of disputes does the arbitration court resolve?

The arbitration court has a right to resolve any kind of legal civil dispute, except:

- disputes connected to changes in the register of civil status acts;
- disputes connected with the rights or legally protected interests of the person under guarantee and guardianship or person acknowledged as insolvent;
- disputes connected with the establishment, change or termination of the immovable property rights, where among the participants of the dispute there is a person whose rights to own, manage or use the immovable property are limited by the law;
- disputes the resolution of which can affect the rights or legally protected interests of the person not participating in the arbitration court agreement;
- disputes where one of the parties is a state institution or local government institution;
- disputes stipulated by the special legislation acts of the Republic of Latvia.

2. What kinds of disputes does the arbitration court resolve?

The arbitration court has a right to resolve any kind of legal civil dispute, except:

- disputes connected to changes in the register of civil status acts;
- disputes connected with the rights or legally protected interests of the person under guarantee and guardianship or person acknowledged as insolvent;
- disputes connected with the establishment, change or termination of the immovable property rights, where among the participants of the dispute there is a person whose rights to own, manage or use the immovable property are limited by the law;
- disputes the resolution of which can affect the rights or legally protected interests of the person not participating in the arbitration court agreement;
- disputes where one of the parties is a state institution or local government institution;
- disputes stipulated by the special legislation acts of the Republic of Latvia.

3. Which are the justified reasons to refuse the delivery of the court order?

The judge refuses to deliver the court order if the party regarding which the enforcement of the arbitration court ruling is requested, submits the proof that:

1 An incapable person has concluded the arbitration court agreement or that the arbitration court agreement is not valid according to law applicable to this agreement.
2 The party has not been informed appropriately about the appointment of the arbitrators or arbitral proceedings and this has significantly affected or can have affected the arbitral proceedings.
3 The arbitral tribunal has not been composed or arbitral proceedings have not been convened in accordance with the conditions of the arbitration court agreement or part "D" of the Civil Process Law.
4 The arbitration court rulings have been made about the dispute that has not been foreseen by the arbitration court agreement or does not correspond to arbitration court agreement conditions or where the issues not belonging to the arbitration court agreement have been resolved. In this case the court order can be delivered for the part included into arbitration court agreement where this part can be separated from the issues not included into agreement.

The judge may refuse to deliver the court order also in the cases when only state court can settle the dispute.

4. What should be done if the district court has refused to issue an enforcement order?

After the entry into force of the ruling on refusal to issue a writ of execution:

1. the dispute may be resolved by the court in a general manner if the issuance of a writ of execution is refused based on paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 7 of Article 536 of the Civil Procedure Law;
2. the dispute may be re-submitted for the resolution to an arbitration court if the issuance of a writ of execution is refused based on paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 of Article 536 of the Civil Procedure Law.

5. How is the execution of the decision of the Riga Arbitration Court carried out?

1. The decision of the arbitral tribunal is binding on the parties and is subject to voluntary execution within the period established by this decision. A period of at least ten days shall be established for the voluntary execution of the decision.

2. If the decision of a permanent arbitration court is subject to enforcement in Latvia and is not voluntarily enforced, the interested party shall have the right to apply to the district (city) court at the location of the permanent arbitration court with an application for issuing a writ of execution for the enforcement of the decision of the permanent arbitration court.

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