Administrative Resolution No. 23/22

REF.: ADDENDUM TO ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION No. 18/21 – EXCEPTIONAL OPERATION OF THE CHAMBER DUE TO THE FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP

The President of CAMARB – Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem Empresarial – Brazil, in the exercise of her powers foreseen in the Bylaws[1] and considering the occurrence of the FIFA World Cup 2022, resolve that, exceptionally, the business hours at the CAMARB offices on the days of the matches of the Brazilian National Soccer Team, shall be as follows:

  1. on days when the matches are played at 12:00 or 13:00, Brasilia time (GMT-3), the business hours at the CAMARB offices will be suspended only during the transmission of the match;
  2. on days when the match is played at 16h00, Brasilia time (GMT-3), the work in the CAMARB offices will be closed at 15h30.

Deadlines in progress that expire on the above-mentioned dates shall be extended to the next working day, except for the following possibilities:

  1. determination otherwise by the Arbitral Tribunals, in the case of arbitral proceedings;
  2. agreement between the Parties and the Mediator(s) to comply with such deadlines differently, in the case of mediation proceedings;
  3. determination to the contrary by the members of the Dispute Board, in the case of Dispute Board proceedings.

In any event, the Secretariat shall adopt the necessary measures for the good progress of the proceedings when it resumes its services, in those cases in which the compliance with the deadline by the Parties, Experts, Technical Assistants, Arbitrators, Mediators and/or Members of the Dispute Board occurs during times when the offices of CAMARB are closed.

Belo Horizonte, November 21, 2022

Flávia Bittar Neves
President

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[1] Art. 19 – Without prejudice to the other attributions provided for in the Bylaws, it is incumbent upon the President:

g) to issue resolutions, regulations or acts on matters pertaining to the administration of CAMARB or procedures administered by it.