Spanish Commercial Code - Book III - Maritime Navigation and Trade - Title VIII - Procedures in the Maritime Trade
    SPANISH COMMERCIAL CODE     Title VIII   PROCEDURE IN THE MARITIME TRADE      § 1. General rules    Section 1203.   Knowledge of any dispute arising out of acts or contracts that result  in maritime trade or navigation, including marine insurance of any kind,  shall be submitted to arbitration.   Nothing in the preceding paragraph shall not apply if:   1.  ° When or interested parties express their willingness to submit to the  ordinary courts, either in the same act or contract giving rise to the  dispute, or by agreement in writing, prior  the initiation of the trial;   2.  ° When it comes to pursuing penal responsibilities that may arise from  the same facts. In this case, civil action may be brought before the  court hearing the respective criminal or before the arbitral tribunal  referred to in the first paragraph;   3.  ° In the case of the judgments referred to in paragraph 4. ° of Title  IX of the Navigation Act, or those who, in this book have pointed out a  special proced...