Terms and definitions
Art. 4 - (1) In the context of this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities:
a) arbitrator - the party in the arbitration procedure, legally competent person, whose name is included or is not included on the list produced by the Arbitration Court for Transport at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport, being a part of the arbitration court pursuant to this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities;
b) sole arbitrator - the party in the arbitration procedure, legally competent person, whose name is included or is not included on the list produced by the Arbitration Court for Transport attached to the Romanian Association of International Road Transport, nominated by the parties or pursuant to the transport and associated activities arbitration procedure rules, being a part of the arbitration court pursuant to this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities;
c) Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities - the rules governing the organisation and functioning of the Arbitration Court for Transport at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport, as well as the applicable procedures of resolution of the disputes submitted for settlement;
d) arbitration agreement - the contract by which two or more parties agree to entrust one or several persons, determined by the parties or in the agreement, to settle the disputes and to render a binding and final award;
e) intervenient - the party to the arbitration procedure, intervening pursuant to this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities;
f) party - a participant in the arbitration procedure, other than the arbitrator;
g) respondent - a participant in the arbitration procedure against whom a claim was made to the Arbitration Court in line with this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities;
h) claimant - the party to the arbitration procedure making a formal request for arbitration to the Arbitration Court for Transport at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport for claiming a right, reparation for damage etc., pursuant to this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities;
i) arbitration award - the decision rendered by the Arbitration Court in accordance to the form, content and effect prescribed by law and by this Arbitration Code on Transport;
j) super-arbitrator - the party to the arbitration procedure, legally competent person, whose name is included or not included on the list produced by the Arbitration Court for Transport at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport, nominated by the two arbitrators as specified by this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities and being a part of the arbitration court;
k) Arbitration Court for Transport at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport - the form of arbitral jurisdiction created and operating at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport according to its governing rules, being part of the present Arbitration Code and applicable to all the disputes submitted for decision to the Arbitration Court pursuant to an arbitration agreement;
l) arbitration court - the arbitrator or arbitrators nominated by the parties or according to the arbitration agreement, conducting trials and rendering binding and final judgements in accordance to the rules of the Arbitration Court for Transport at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport, being part of this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities.
(2) In the context of this Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities, Arbitration Court for Transport means Arbitration Court for Transport at the Romanian Association of International Road Transport.
(3) In the context of the present Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities, Arbitration Code means Arbitration Code on Transport and Related Activities of the Romanian Association of International Road Transport.
