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Ioukos: la Russie condamnée en appel à payer 50 milliards de dollars aux ex-actionnaires

Libération | 18-Feb-2020

Un tribunal néerlandais a condamné en appel la Russie à verser 50 milliards de dollars d’indemnisation aux ex-actionnaires de l’ancien groupe pétrolier Ioukos, aujourd’hui démantelé.

keywords: ECT, energy, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Russia

Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos

New York Times | 18-Feb-2020

A Dutch appeals court reinstated an international arbitration panel’s order that it should pay $50 billion compensation to shareholders in former oil company Yukos.

keywords: ECT, energy, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Russia

Vattenfall procedure has cost almost 20 million euros

WirtschaftsWoche | 22-Jan-2020

The energy company Vattenfall is demanding compensation from the Federal Republic of Germany. The costs for the arbitration proceedings could exceed 20 million euros this year.

keywords: ECT, energy, Germany, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Sweden

The EU plurilateral draft termination agreement for all intra-EU BITs: An end of the post-Achmea saga and the beginning of a new one

Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 8-Jan-2020

This termination agreement marks the culmination of the European Commission’s and several Member States’ efforts to abolish intra-EU investment arbitration proceedings from the European legal order.

keywords: ECT, EU, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, leaks

Intra-EU investment reform: What options for the Energy Charter Treaty?

Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 8-Jan-2020

The leaked treaty for the termination of intra-EU BITs can be seen as the culmination of an ongoing effort by the EU Commission to discourage investment arbitration between Member States, reflecting a tension between public international law and EU law.

keywords: ECT, EU, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS

Agreement for the termination of bilateral investment treaties between the Member States of the European Union (EU draft, Nov 2019)

IAReporter | 8-Jan-2020

As leaked by IAReporter

keywords: BITs (texts of), ECT, EU, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, leaks