Rule 1
Where parties have agreed to submit their dispute to the rules
of technical expertise of the Cairo Regional Centre for
International Commercial Arbitration, they may ask the director of
the Centre to appoint one or more experts to render a technical
opinion in the dispute.
Rule 2
The Request submitted to the director shall include:
a. The names and addresses of the parties.
b. The subject and nature of the technical dispute and the
expertise requested.
c. The agreement to resort to technical expertise for the
settlement of the dispute according to the Centre's rules.
d. The number and names of technical experts to be appointed
as agreed upon.
e. Name or names of proposed expert(s) in case there were no
previous agreement to that effect.
Rule 3
The Centre shall notify the party or parties of the request to
submit the dispute to technical expertise and shall receive any
remarks therein.
Rule 4
If the parties agree to submit their dispute to technical
expertise before the Centre according to its rules, and fail to
appoint the expert, the Centre shall appoint one or more experts to
render the technical opinion in the dispute.
The Centre shall appoint the expert(s) in this case from the
international list of experts maintained by the Centre for that
purpose.
In international cases the expert chosen will be a national of
a country other than the countries of both parties. In all cases,
the expert appointed should not have any connection or relation
with the parties of the dispute that may affect his opinion or
raise any doubt thereof.
Rule 5
A sole expert is to be appointed unless the parties choose
otherwise or wherever the circumstances of the case require more
than one.
In case of multiple experts, the number of experts shall be an
odd number. In this case the report shall be rendered by the
majority of votes, and the minority may attach their dissenting
opinion.
Rule 6
The director of the Centre shall decide, after consulting with
the parties, on the replacement of an expert in the case of death
or if prevented for any other reason from carrying out his
responsibilities. The replacing expert(s) shall be appointed
according to the same rules under which the replaced expert(s) was
appointed.
The director may also replace the expert(s) on the grounds of
reasonable objections made by the parties or if the director
determines, after having considered the expert(s) observations,
that the expert is not fulfilling his responsibilities in
accordance with these rules or within the prescribed time
limits.
Rule 7
The parties should assist the expert in implementing his terms
of reference and in particular, should make available to him all
documents he may consider necessary and also to grant him free
access to any place related to the dispute. The information given
to the expert will be used only for the purpose of the expertise
and shall remain confidential.
Rule 8
The expert shall put forth his views in a written and signed
report, within the limit set by the request for his appointment,
after giving the parties an opportunity to submit arguments
supported by documentation.
The expert must also include in his report all his findings
concerning the implementation of the contract and the measures
necessary to safeguard its subject matter.
The expert must also attach to his report anything the parties
might have agreed upon concerning the settlement of the
dispute.
The expert(s) must sign the report. Where there are more than
one expert and one or more fails to sign, the report shall state
the reasons for the absence of the signature(s). The original
report shall be delivered to the director who shall provide each
party with a copy.
Rule 9
The director of the Centre shall estimate the amount of
administrative charges and the deposits to be paid in advance for
the expertise, taking into consideration the nature of the
expertise and the number of working hours.
The party or parties requesting the appointment of the
expert(s) shall deposit to the Centre these amounts in advance. The
total amount of administrative and expert costs shall be determined
by the director of the Centre when the expertise has been
concluded.