Art. 15 FAI Mediation Rules

15. CONFIDENTIALITY

15.1 Unless otherwise agreed by the parties or required by applicable law, the parties, the mediator, the FAI and any other person participating in the proceedings shall keep the existence and outcome of any FAI Mediation confidential, as well as any statement or information made or obtained during the mediation. Any settlement reached through FAI Mediation shall be confidential, except for the purposes of its enforcement or implementation in conformity with the applicable law.

15.2 The parties, the mediator and any other person participating in the proceedings shall not invoke or produce as evidence any information (including, but not limited to, any statements made regarding the possibility to settle the dispute) obtained in the context of FAI Mediation in any subsequent legal proceedings.

15.3 Unless required by applicable law, or unless all of the parties and the mediator agree otherwise, the mediator shall not give testimony in any judicial, arbitral or similar proceedings concerning any aspect of the mediation under the Mediation Rules.