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2.2.1.6 Camera Arbitrale di Milano

The CAM was established in 1985, 189 and is the most important arbitration insti-
tution in the Mediterranean area. 190 It belongs to the Milano Chamber of Commerce
and offers different types of arbitration and ADR. 191 Yet, it is an autonomous entity
attached to the Chamber of Commerce of Milan. 192 The CAM is a national
arbitration institution, and has a more “national caseload” than the SCC. 193 Never-
theless, the CAM belongs to the most well-known European arbitration institutions
which can handle international arbitration cases. 194
The Preamble of the Arbitration Rules of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration
amended in 2010 (CAM Rules) stipulates the exact tasks of the CAM, which
include the appointment of the arbitrators and the administration of the arbitral
proceedings. Furthermore, the Preamble of the CAM Rules mentions the Arbitral
Council, which has general competence

) over all matter relating to the
administration of arbitral proceedings and issues all orders relating thereto, without
prejudice to the Secretariat

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Finally, the Preamble of the CAM
Rules deals with the Secretariat. Its tasks are administrational (e.g. signing the
Arbitral Council

s functions ( ... ).

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s orders or forwarding the award to the parties). The head of the
Secretariat is the Secretary General.
The CAM established a new program called Projet M ´diterran ´en , which
should help to make commercial arbitration more efficient and to support the EU
Barcelona Process. 195 The project includes the setup of an arbitration network with
different important arbitration institutions within the MENA region to exchange
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196 Up to the present day the CRCICA and the chamber of commerce
of Beirut, Syria, Algeria and Istanbul have joined the above-mentioned project. 197
The ultimate goal is to accomplish a unified area of commercial arbitration. 198
Furthermore, a new institute ( Institut de l

best practice.

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189 Cicogna ( 2010 ), 347 (349).
190 Vogl ( 2010 ), 32 (32) and (34); Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Devel-
opment e.V. ( 2010 ), 4.
191 Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development e.V. ( 2010 ), 4; Vogl
( 2010 ), 32 (34).
192

CAM ( 2014a ); Cicogna ( 2010 ), 347 (349).

193

Cicogna ( 2010 ), 347 (349); McIlwrath and Savage ( 2010 ), 53 para 1-121.

194

McIlwrath and Savage ( 2010 ), 55-56 para 1-127; cf Cicogna ( 2010 ), 347 (349).

195

Vogl ( 2010 ), 32 (34); Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development
e.V. ( 2010 ), 4.
196

Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development e.V. ( 2010 ), 4-5; Vogl
( 2010 ), 32 (34).
197 Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development e.V. ( 2010 ), 4-5; Except
Istanbul mentions all different institutions, in: Vogl ( 2010 ), 32 (34).
198 Vogl ( 2010 ), 32 (34); Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development
e.V. ( 2010 ), 5.