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These 2026 Arbitration Rules are effective as of 1 June 2026. The 2026 amendments aim to enhance efficiency and clarity of practice, while ensuring that ICC Arbitration continues to meet the evolving needs of users worldwide and reflect developments of arbitral practice. The revisions introduce new procedures and enhance existing provisions to streamline proceedings and support effective case management, while preserving the flexibility that characterises ICC Arbitration. Updates simplifying case milestones include reinforcing the key role of the initial case management conference and removing the requirement to establish Terms of Reference, while maintaining the option to establish them as a useful case management tool. Adjustments to the process for fixing of the time limit for the final award provide greater predictability to parties. Amendments also reinforce transparency and integrity in the arbitral process. These include enhanced disclosure obligations, notably through requirements for parties to provide information on relevant entities and the express confirmation that any doubt of the arbitrators as to whether to make a disclosure should be resolved in favour of disclosure. The new Highly Expedited Arbitration Provisions, which apply upon the parties’ agreement and irrespective of the amount in dispute, enable the resolution of disputes within three months of the initial case management conference. The Rules increase the threshold for the Expedited Procedure Provisions to US$ 4,000,000, recognising the efficiencies such procedures have brought since their introduction in 2017. The Rules further provide for an early determination process, recognising this procedure as a useful procedural tool for the swift disposal of certain disputes. The Rules refine the Emergency Arbitrator Provisions, adapting the conditions of application to current practice and expressly recognising the availability of preliminary orders. The fees and scales applicable to the arbitration are contained in the Schedule of Fees. Further guidance on the Rules will be provided in guidance notes published on the ICC website. Together, these amendments reinforce ICC’s commitment to efficient and transparent arbitration.