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[CITE: 9USC305]

 
                          TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
 
    CHAPTER 3--INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL 
                               ARBITRATION
 
Sec. 305. Relationship between the Inter-American Convention and 
        the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign 
        Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958
        
    When the requirements for application of both the Inter-American 
Convention and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of 
Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958, are met, determination as to 
which Convention applies shall, unless otherwise expressly agreed, be 
made as follows:
        (1) If a majority of the parties to the arbitration agreement 
    are citizens of a State or States that have ratified or acceded to 
    the Inter-American Convention and are member States of the 
    Organization of American States, the Inter-American Convention shall 
    apply.
        (2) In all other cases the Convention on the Recognition and 
    Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958, shall 
    apply.

(Added Pub. L. 101-369, Sec. 1, Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 449.)
