27With regard to compulsory jurisdiction, it must be recalled that this element is lacking in contractual arbitration, since the contracting parties are under no obligation, in law or in fact, to refer their disputes to arbitration and the public authorities of the Member State concerned are neither involved in the decision to opt for arbitration nor required to intervene of their own accord in the proceedings before the arbitrator (Case C‑125/04 Denuit and Cordenier EU:C:2005:69, paragraph 13 and the case-law cited, and order in C‑555/13 Merck Canada EU:C:2014:92, paragraph 17).
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