German Arbitration Institute (DIS): Our work in numbers

Proceedings Initiated in 2023

Types of proceedings		2022	2023
Total number of DIS proceedings		164	191
DIS Arbitration Rules		135	163
	of which 1998 DIS Arbitration Rules	1	0
	of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules	108	132
	of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annex 4	6	9
	of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annex 5	19	22
	of which 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules with Annexes 4+5	0	0
	relating to Packaging Law	1	0
DIS/Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) arbitration proceedings		6	12
	of which IHK Bonn/Rhein-Sieg	0	0
	of which IHK Frankfurt am Main	1	4
	of which IHK Köln	0	1
	of which IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein	0	1
	of which IHK München und Oberbayern	4	4
	of which IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken	0	1
	of which IHK Regensburg für Oberpfalz/Kelheim	0	0
	of which IHK Stuttgart	1	1
	of which IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt	0	0
2016 DIS Sport Arbitration Rules		5	5
Subtotal of arbitration proceedings		146	180
Conciliation		6	3
Mediation		7	7
Adjudication		0	0
Expert Determination		1	1
Subtotal ADR proceedings		14	11
Other proceedings (Ad hoc Appointing Authority)		3	0
UNCITRAL		1	0

Arbitration Proceedings – Value of Disputes in 2023

	2022	2023
Value of disputes**	2.847.764.101 €	2.864.528.790 €
of which DIS arbitration proceedings (statements of claim)	2.336.506.536 €	2.603.341.005 €
of which DIS arbitration proceedings (increase in the amount claimed/counter-claims)	493.342.351 €	251.795.003 €
of which DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings	17.915.214 €	9.392.782 €

Value of disputes	2022	2023
lowest	3.000 €	2.500 €
highest	441.119.584 €	608.000.000 €
Median	1.091.986 €	545.889 €

* Based on the number of arbitration proceedings, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (141 proceedings 2022/175 proceedings in 2023).
** Taking into account the value of arbitration proceedings (DIS/IHK) commenced in the relevant year only, as well as the increase in the amount claimed and counterclaims filed during the relevant year (irrespective of when the arbitration proceedings were initiated). It is not the total value in dispute of all arbitration proceedings pending in the relevant year.

Arbitration Proceedings – Places of Arbitration 2023

In Germany		Abroad
City	Number of cases	Country	City	Number of cases
Berlin	12	Serbien	Belgrad	1
Bremen	4	Schweiz	Genf	2
Celle	1	Schweden	Stockholm	2
Dresden	1
Dülmen	1
Düsseldorf	15
Frankfurt am Main	29
Hamburg	15
Hannover	2
Kelheim	1
Cologne	13
Leipzig	1
Lohsa	1
Ludwigshafen am Rhein	2
Mannheim	2
Mönchengladbach	2
Munich	48
Münster	1
Nürnberg	3
Siegen	1
Stuttgart	11
Weiden (Oberpfalz)	1

total	167			5

All figures in this section are related to the number of DIS and DIS/IHK arbitration proceedings initiated in 2023 with already agreed or fixed places of arbitration, but not including sport arbitration proceedings (175 proceedings in total). In three cases, the place of arbitration had not yet been determined when the proceedings were initiated.