请杨先生及各位同行不吝赐教—关于涉外货运合同中约定的仲裁条款有效性问题
本人为广州海事海商律师，近日遇到一个涉外货运合同运费纠纷，广州海事法院已受理我方起诉，现对方以合同中存在仲裁条款为由提起管辖权异议。涉案合同中所谓的“仲裁条款”措辞如下：
“BIMCO/LMAA arbitration clause as published on the official site of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association - http://www.lmaa.org.uk – to be fully applicable to this contract and any bill of lading issued hereunder English law”
目前对于该“仲裁条款”主要有以下疑问：
1. 就我的个人理解，上述“BIMCO/LMAA arbitration clause”为示范性的仲裁条款，在合同中直接援引示范仲裁条款能否视为是约定了仲裁条款/协议？
2. 另外，我注意到，在LMAA官网上公布的前述“BIMCO/LMAA arbitration clause”的介绍为：
“With the introduction by the LMAA of the Intermediate Claims Procedure (2009), designed to deal with claims of between USD 100,000 and USD 400,000（emphasis added） the LMAA has worked with BIMCO to produce some recommended additional wording for its Dispute Resolution Clause/Law and Arbitration Clause 1998. The new procedure is intended to limit the cost of arbitrating to suit a wide range of shipping and commodity related disputes. It has been designed to enable any party using arbitration to settle a commercial dispute, to predict the cost of proceeding from the outset of the case. For anyone wishing to incorporate the new Intermediate Claims Procedure into their charterparties or other agreements, BIMCO has drafted a suitably worded provision”
本案标的约为54万美元，是否能够认为：即使涉案合同中“仲裁条款”并入前述“BIMCO/LMAA arbitration clause”为有效的仲裁条款/协议，由于诉争标的并不在上述“10万至40万的索赔标的”范围内，该仲裁条款对本案争议无效？ |
发表于 2013-1-25 12:05
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