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VIAC arbitration deadline calculator

Time limits under the Vienna International Arbitral Centre rules, encoded from the rules themselves with the citation, period, trigger and roll-over treatment for each. Pick a seat in the calculator below to compute a due date on that seat's real weekend and public-holiday calendar.

Vienna Rules 2021 edition in force from 2021-07-01 · Methodology

Keep the England and Wales civil defaults and go straight to what happened, or change the jurisdiction and forum first.

Jurisdiction

Institution

VIAC (Vienna International Arbitral Centre) deadlines, encoded from the institution's rules with their citations. Choose the seat (which sets the weekends and public holidays), the date the clock started, and the deadline. Confirm the exact rule edition before relying on a date.

Seat of arbitration

Drives the holiday calendar and the seat-law deadlines below.

When did the clock start? (trigger date)

Which deadline?

Receipt of the Statement of Claim from the Secretariat.

After the award

Court deadlines under the seat law (United Kingdom (England & Wales))

These run under the law of the seat, not the institutional rules, and must be tracked separately. They are computed from the date of the award; confirm the seat and dates with counsel.

Challenge / appeal the award (England & Wales)

Date of the award (or, for awards on/after 1 Aug 2025, the "applicable date" under the Arbitration Act 2025)

28 days

Arbitration Act 1996 s.70(3)

Limitation to enforce the award (England & Wales)

The cause of action to enforce accrues

6 years

Limitation Act 1980 s.7

Legal disclaimer

Deadline Engine provides calculated dates based on procedural rules. It is not legal advice. You must independently verify every deadline against the underlying rules and the facts of your matter. Deadline Engine accepts no liability for missed deadlines.

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Cited to the rule

VIAC deadlines this calculator covers

7 encoded time limits, version-stamped to their rule edition.

Answer to the Statement of ClaimVIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 8(1)

30 days from Receipt of the Statement of Claim from the Secretariat

BindingVienna Rules 2021 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Nominate the sole arbitrator / co-arbitratorVIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 17(2)

30 days from Receipt of the Secretariat's request to nominate

BindingVienna Rules 2021 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Nominate an arbitrator where the Secretary General fixes a shorter periodVIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 17(2)

15 days from Receipt of the Secretary General's request fixing the shorter nomination period

BindingVienna Rules 2021 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendarVerify against the rules

Render the award (no later than three months after the last hearing or submission)VIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 32(2)

3 months from The last hearing or the last authorised submission, whichever is later

AdvisoryVienna Rules 2021 editionNo weekend or holiday roll-over

Request correction / clarification of the awardVIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 39

30 days from Receipt of the award

BindingVienna Rules 2021 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendarVerify against the rules

Pay the advance on costs (Expedited Proceedings)VIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 45

15 days from Receipt of the Secretariat's request to pay the advance on costs

BindingVienna Rules 2021 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendarVerify against the rules

Render the award (Expedited Proceedings)VIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 45

6 months from Transmission of the file to the arbitral tribunal

BindingVienna Rules 2021 editionNo weekend or holiday roll-overVerify against the rules

Time limits at a glance

The headline periods below restate the encoded rules. Run the calculator above for the exact date on the seat's calendar.

Answer to the Statement of Claim: what is the time limit under the VIAC rules?

30 days from Receipt of the Statement of Claim from the Secretariat, under VIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 8(1) (Vienna Rules 2021 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Nominate the sole arbitrator / co-arbitrator: what is the time limit under the VIAC rules?

30 days from Receipt of the Secretariat's request to nominate, under VIAC Vienna Rules 2021, Art. 17(2) (Vienna Rules 2021 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

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