The Arbitration Court was founded in 1949 and was operating attached to the Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In the course of the lasting existence of the Arbitration Court more than 7.000 disputes, in decisive part from the sphere of international trade, were decided by the arbitrators. In the last two years, stage by stage, a growing advantage of arbitration proceedings is being taken in domestic disputes as well. The arbitration proceedings before the Arbitration Court are usually conducted in accordance with its Rules published in the official Trade Gazette ("Obchodni vestnik") unless the parties to the dispute have agreed otherwise.