E-mail: 4949420Tema@mail.ru Annotation: In a situation of full loading of courts prejudicial procedures of settlement of disputes acquire special relevance. <...> Article 4 of the Arbitration procedural code of the Russian Federation establishes a possibility of an appeal to the court only in cases of observance of the prejudicial order established by the law or the contract. <...> In article cases of obligatory pre-judicial settlement of disputes are considered, problems of a formulation of conditions in the contract and requirements in a claim are analyzed, problems are investigated. arising at businessmen during pre-judicial settlement. <...> In the analysis of existing rules the position of the Russian courts is studied, practical recommendations about protection of the rights of businessmen are made. <...> В ситуации хронической перегрузки судов досудебные процедуры урегулирования споров приобретают особую актуальность. <...> Статья 4 Арбитражного процессуального кодекса РФ устанавливает возможность обращения в суд только в случаях соблюдения досудебного порядка установленного законом или договором. <...>