1. The Arbitration Agreement shall be in writing; otherwise it shall be void. 2. The Arbitration Agreement shall be deemed to have met the writing requirements in the following cases: a. If it is included in an instrument signed by the parties or in the letters or other means of written correspondence between the parties, or made by an electronic mail in accordance with the regulations in force in the State governing the electronic transactions. b. If a reference is made in a written contract to a model contract, an international agreement, or any other document that includes arbitration clauses and the said reference is clear in treating such clause as an integral part of the contract. c. If an agreement to resort to arbitration is reached while the dispute is being considered by a competent court, the court shall render its ruling to confirm the arbitration agreement and the litigants shall initiate the arbitration proceedings in the set place and time and under the clauses governing thereof, and the court shall also rule that the action is null and void. d. If it is included in the written submissions exchanged between the parties during the arbitral proceedings or it is recognized before the courts, where one of the parties requests to refer the dispute to arbitration and the other party does not object to the same in its reply.
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