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Vicat takes dispute with Egyptian state to international arbitration
Global Cement | 4-Aug-2021
France-based Vicat raised a case against the Egyptian government with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in late June 2021. It concerns its cement production business.
keywords: Egypt , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Dawood Rawat (BAI) débouté par le tribunal de Bruxelles
Le Matinal | 5-Jul-2021
Les tentatives de Dawood Rawat de renverser un jugement antérieur ont échoué devant le Tribunal de Première Instance de Bruxelles.
keywords: France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mauritius
Une société franco-britannique sise aux Bahamas fait condamner l’Equateur grâce... à l’Etat français
RT | 29-Jun-2021
En vertu d’un accord bilatéral avec l’Etat français, l’Equateur a été condamné à verser plus de 400 millions de dollars à une filiale de la société pétrolière Perenco... sise aux Bahamas.
keywords: Ecuador , energy , environment , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS
En Irak, Orange réclame justice dans un terrain miné
Le Monde Arabe | 6-Apr-2021
Pour Orange, l’Irak du début des années 2010 était un marché juteux et à fort potentiel de croissance, après l’intervention américaine avait laissé un pays en ruine.
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Iraq , telecommunications
Washington arbitration to open proceedings in Veolia vs Lithuania dispute next week
Delfi | 29-Mar-2021
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington will start hearing a lawsuit filed by French energy group Veolia against the Lithuanian state.
keywords: energy , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Lithuania
Why Gadhafi’s private jet is gathering dust on a French airfield
CNN | 24-Feb-2021
An aribtral tribunal ordered Libya to pay the Al Kharafi Group $930 million in damages. The Al Kharafi Group sued the Libyan state in France too, so when Gadhafi’s A340 landed in France, they sought to have it impounded.
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kuwait , Libya , services
France puts EU withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty on the table
Euractiv | 4-Feb-2021
The European Union and its member states should draw the consequences of the current stalemate in multilateral talks aimed at reforming the Energy Charter Treaty and consider a coordinated withdrawal, Paris has said
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS
French controllers of Nuevo Pudahuel, operator of the Santiago airport, initiate ICSID proceedings against Chile
Memesita | 22-Jan-2021
Nuevo Pudahuel had asked the Ministry of Public Works to extend the term of the concession contract as a result of the pandemic, but the MOP was closed to changes in the contract.
keywords: Chile , covid , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
Pandémie: Vinci et ADP en profitent en menaçant le Chili
Mediapart | 21-Jan-2021
Vinci et ADP menacent le Chili d’une procédure d’arbitrage, suite à la pandémie et à la réduction concomitante du trafic aérien. Ils utilisent une justice privée qui coûtera des millions aux contribuables chiliens, indépendamment du jugement.
keywords: Chile , covid , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
Groupe ADP y Vinci Airports demandan a Chile ante el CIADI por negativa del MOP a extender contrato del aeropuerto de Santiago
Aero Naves | 21-Jan-2021
Tras la negativa del Ministerio de Obras Públicas a indemnizar a ADP y Vinci por las pérdidas causadas por la pandemia del COVID-19, las dos empresas francesas iniciaron una demanda contra Chile ante el CIADI.
keywords: Chile , covid , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services