论对仲裁协议效力的确认——旧案新析:中技公司诉IRC公司侵权损害赔偿纠纷上诉案

On the Determination of the Validity of the Arbitration Agreement——a Study on the Case China National Technical Import & Export Corporation v.Swiss Industrial Resources Company Inc.

作为有关仲裁协议效力认定的典型案例,中国技术进出口总公司诉瑞士工业资源公司侵权损害赔偿纠纷上诉案涉及诸多值得探讨的问题。除仲裁条款的独立性和有效性问题外,长期为国内理论界和实务界所忽视的是对仲裁条款范围的解释问题。以该案为例,在认定仲裁条款有效的前提下,法院在判断仲裁条款是否涵盖当事人有关侵权损害赔偿的请求时,首先应对仲裁条款是宽泛的仲裁条款还是限制性的仲裁条款进行认定。如果当事人之间的仲裁条款属于宽泛的仲裁条款,则无论对该案如何定性,有关纠纷都应由当事人提交仲裁解决;如果当事人之间的仲裁条款对仲裁事项的界定是限制性的,则中技公司有关侵权损害赔偿的主张就超出了仲裁条款的范围,因而不必受其约束。

As a typical case on determining the validity of an arbitration agreement,China National Technical Import & Export Corporation v.Swiss Industrial Resources Company Inc.an appellate case on tort claim,involves a lot of issues which deserve exploring.In addition to separability and validity of the arbitration clause,what long-ignored by domestic academic and practical circles is interpretation of the scope of the arbitration clause.With this case as an example,on condition that the validity of the arbitration...