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When must a HEAP party request correction or an additional award?
A HEAP party must make an Article 39(2) correction or interpretation application, or an Article 39(3) additional-award application, within 14 days after receiving the award. The ordinary thirty-day application period does not govern this HEAP branch.
- Period
- 14 calendar days under the established ordinary branch.
- Trigger
- Actual receipt of the award by the applying party
- Rule
- ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)
The 2026 Rules apply from commencement on or after June 1, 2026 unless an earlier edition was agreed. The fourteen-day party application is not the normally fourteen-day ceiling for the other parties’ comments. Their actual period is directed separately.
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When must a HEAP party request correction or an additional award?
A HEAP party must make an Article 39(2) correction or interpretation application, or an Article 39(3) additional-award application, within 14 days after receiving the award. The ordinary thirty-day application period does not govern this HEAP branch.
Responsible actor. The HEAP party applying under Article 39(2) or 39(3).
Actual receipt of the award by the applying party
Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits.
The fourteen-day party application is not the normally fourteen-day ceiling for the other parties’ comments. Their actual period is directed separately.
Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)How does this provision count time?
- Identify actual receipt of the award by the applying party.
- Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits.
- Submit the application to the Secretariat, identify the requested remedy and preserve the applying party’s award receipt evidence.
- Retain the actual communication and the established relevant country calendar before recording the expiry.
Actual receipt of the award by the applying party. For this 14-day period, establish the legally effective event before applying the time-limit rules. Article 4(1) excludes the event day, starts on the next business day if necessary, includes intermediate nonbusiness days and carries a closed final day to the next business day.
Submit the application to the Secretariat, identify the requested remedy and preserve the applying party’s award receipt evidence. The calculation calendar is metropolitan France excluding Alsace-Moselle, with retained official 2026 holidays and Saturday/Sunday closures. Establish the country where the relevant communication is deemed made. The arbitral seat is insufficient; a different country, local calendar, disputed event or out-of-coverage result is outside this calculation.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
The HEAP party applying under Article 39(2) or 39(3). Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 06, 2026. Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits. The ordinary period applies without a different direction. Relevant deemed communication is independently established in metropolitan France outside Alsace-Moselle.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | The HEAP party applying under Article 39(2) or 39(3). Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 06, 2026. Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits. The ordinary period applies without a different direction. Relevant deemed communication is independently established in metropolitan France outside Alsace-Moselle. Start on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Count 14 calendar days, including intermediate nonbusiness days. The independently enumerated last day is Tuesday, October 20, 2026. That final day is open under the retained applicable calendar. | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | The HEAP party applying under Article 39(2) or 39(3). Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 09, 2026. Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits. The ordinary period applies without a different direction. Relevant deemed communication is independently established in metropolitan France outside Alsace-Moselle. Start on Monday, October 12, 2026. Count 14 calendar days, including intermediate nonbusiness days. The independently enumerated last day is Sunday, October 25, 2026. Article 4(1) carries that closed final day to Monday, October 26, 2026. | Monday, October 26, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The HEAP party applying under Article 39(2) or 39(3). Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 28, 2026. Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits. The ordinary period applies without a different direction. Relevant deemed communication is independently established in metropolitan France outside Alsace-Moselle. Start on Thursday, October 29, 2026. Count 14 calendar days, including intermediate nonbusiness days. The independently enumerated last day is Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Article 4(1) carries that closed final day to Thursday, November 12, 2026. | Thursday, November 12, 2026 |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Established ordinary branch
- Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits.
- Completion requirement
- Submit the application to the Secretariat, identify the requested remedy and preserve the applying party’s award receipt evidence.
- Confirm that HEAP governs the application. Distinguish a specified correction error, interpretation and an omitted claim, rather than treating each as an appeal on the merits.
- The fourteen-day party application is not the normally fourteen-day ceiling for the other parties’ comments. Their actual period is directed separately.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a HEAP party request correction or an additional award?
Which applications use the HEAP fourteen-day period?
Appendix VI Article 7(4) covers party applications under Articles 39(2) and 39(3).
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)Does the date printed on the award start this clock?
The specified event is receipt of the award by the applying party.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)Where should the application be submitted?
Articles 39(2) and 39(3) specify the Secretariat as the recipient.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)Is an additional-award request available for a new claim?
Article 39(3) addresses claims already made but omitted from decision. It is not a new-claim mechanism.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)Are comments due on the same application deadline?
No. Appendix VI Article 7(5) addresses a separate comments period granted by the tribunal.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)Does the tribunal’s own correction use fourteen days?
No. Appendix VI Article 7(3) gives the tribunal twenty-one days from Secretariat notification.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Appendix VI Article 7(4) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Articles 1(2), 3(5) and 4 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |