Article 14

Individuals somehow linked to the parties or to the submitted dispute, by any of the relationships resulting in the impediment or suspicion of Court members, are prevented from acting as arbitrators and become subject, as the case may be and to the applicable extent, to the same duties and responsibilities imposed on Court members by the Code of Civil Procedure.

First Paragraph: Persons appointed as arbitrators are obliged to disclose, before accepting to act as such, any facts likely to give rise to justified doubts as to their impartiality and independence.

Second Paragraph: An arbitrator may be challenged only for reasons which occurred after his appointment. However, he may be challenged for a reason which occurred before his appointment, when:

a) he is not appointed directly by a party; or

b) the reason for the challenge of the arbitrator becomes known after his appointment.