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IP/N/1/SAU/E/4  
 
10 February 2023  
(23-0984)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA : LAW OF ARBITRATION  
Notifying Member  KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law of Arbitration  
Subject matter  Enforcement  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/SAU/23_1019_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Arbitration Law was issued on 4/16/2012 and published on 6/8/2012 by virtue of Royal Decree 
No. M/34, whose provisions apply to all arbitration s, regardless of the nature of the legal relationship 
around which the dispute revolves, if this arbitration takes place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or 
is an international commercial arbitration  that takes place abroad and its two parties agree to be 
subject to this law.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  6 September 2012  
Other date   Publication: 6 August 2012  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  6 February 2023  IP/N/1/SAU/12 • IP/N/1/SAU/E/4  
 
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  Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Saudi Arabian Ministry of Justice  
 
Email:  1950@moj.gov.sa  
Telephone:  966920001950  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  