Global trend on creation of specialized international commercial vessels: features of resolution of the competence question

By the example of the first judgment of the Netherlands Commercial Court on March 8, 2019 in the case of Elavon Financial Services DAC v. I.P.S. Holding B.V. and others , applying the NCC Special Rules, the author examines the specifics of resolving the issue of competence when referring a dispute to a specialized state international commercial court. It analyzes the special prerequisites for the transfer of a cross-border commercial and civil dispute to such a court, the qualifying factors that are significant for assessing the international component of the dispute, its commercial and civil character, the legal nature of the new procedural instrument - the language agreement. It concludes that the Netherlands Commercial Court may become a center for the resolution of international commercial disputes in the member countries of the European Union.