Administrative Fees


The following fees shall be paid to the CDB Secretariat by the Claimant(s) at the same time that a Request for Arbitration is lodged. In the event of success in the arbitration, these fees will be reimbursed to the Claimant(s) and collected from the losing party or parties.

These fees are intended to cover the CDB Secretariat's expenses during the administration of an arbitration proceeding. The fees cover processing, photocopying charges, postage and/or courier delivery of documents, telephone, fax or e-mail charges.

The charges are based on (1) the value of the sum in dispute and (2) the number of parties involved. The correct fee payable for a given arbitration is found at the intersection of the relevant rows and columns. Thus, for a contract dispute over a sum of Nu. 2,000,000 and concerning 3 parties (one Claimant and two Respondents, for example), the correct fee would be Nu. 4,000 (intersection of row 3/column 2).

Total Sum in Dispute

Number of Parties
2 3-4 5+
1.   Up to Nu. 100,000 1,000 2,000 3,000
2.   From Nu. 100,000       to Nu. 1,000,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
3.   From Nu. 1,000,001    to Nu. 25,000,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
4.   From Nu. 25,000,001  to Nu. 100,000,000 4,000 5,000 6,000
5.   Above Nu. 100,000,000 5,000 6,000 7,000


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