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When must a party ask ICC to correct or interpret an award?
A party must submit a correction or interpretation application to the Secretariat within 30 days after that party receives the award. The correction limb addresses clerical, computational, typographical or similar errors. The tribunal’s own-initiative forty-five-day period does not enlarge the party’s deadline.
- Period
- 30 calendar days under the established ordinary branch.
- Trigger
- Actual receipt of the award by the applying party
- Rule
- ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)
The 2026 Rules apply from commencement on or after June 1, 2026 unless an earlier edition was agreed. The party application, other parties’ comments and tribunal submission of its later draft decision have different actors and events.
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When must a party ask ICC to correct or interpret an award?
A party must submit a correction or interpretation application to the Secretariat within 30 days after that party receives the award. The correction limb addresses clerical, computational, typographical or similar errors. The tribunal’s own-initiative forty-five-day period does not enlarge the party’s deadline.
Responsible actor. The party applying to correct or interpret an award.
Actual receipt of the award by the applying party
Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application.
The party application, other parties’ comments and tribunal submission of its later draft decision have different actors and events.
Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)How does this provision count time?
- Identify actual receipt of the award by the applying party.
- Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application.
- Submit the application to the Secretariat, identify the award and specify the correction or interpretation sought. Retain the applicant’s own effective 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 30-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 award and specify the correction or interpretation sought. Retain the applicant’s own effective 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, Article 39(2)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
The party applying to correct or interpret an award. Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 06, 2026. Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application. 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 party applying to correct or interpret an award. Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 06, 2026. Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application. 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 30 calendar days, including intermediate nonbusiness days. The independently enumerated last day is Thursday, November 5, 2026. That final day is open under the retained applicable calendar. | Thursday, November 5, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | The party applying to correct or interpret an award. Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 09, 2026. Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application. 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 30 calendar days, including intermediate nonbusiness days. The independently enumerated last day is Tuesday, November 10, 2026. That final day is open under the retained applicable calendar. | Tuesday, November 10, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The party applying to correct or interpret an award. Actual receipt of the award by the applying party is established on October 12, 2026. Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application. The ordinary period applies without a different direction. Relevant deemed communication is independently established in metropolitan France outside Alsace-Moselle. Start on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Count 30 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 a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application.
- Completion requirement
- Submit the application to the Secretariat, identify the award and specify the correction or interpretation sought. Retain the applicant’s own effective receipt evidence.
- Confirm a standard-track application under Article 39(2). HEAP has a fourteen-day period, and an additional award for an omitted claim is a distinct Article 39(3) application.
- The party application, other parties’ comments and tribunal submission of its later draft decision have different actors and events.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a party ask ICC to correct or interpret an award?
Whose award receipt matters?
The applying party’s receipt supplies the Article 39(2) event.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)Can I use the date the award was signed?
Not as a substitute for the specified receipt. Establish when the party received the award.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)Does interpretation require a typographical error?
The rule separately permits interpretation of an award. Identify which application is being made.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)Is the tribunal’s forty-five days also available to a party?
No. That own-initiative correction period is distinct from the party’s thirty-day application.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)Does filing the application establish the comments deadline?
No. Article 39(4) requires the tribunal to grant the other parties a short comments period after transmission.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)What changes if HEAP governs?
Appendix VI Article 7(4) replaces the party application period with fourteen days from receipt of the award.
ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ICC Arbitration Rules 2026, Article 39(2) | 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 |