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India UK bilateral investment treaty likely to be finalised soon, to differ from 2016 model
The Indian Express | 28-Aug-2023
As India and the UK inch closer towards finalising a free trade agreement, the contours of the much-debated and contentious bilateral investment treaty are likely to be finalised around the same time as the FTA.
keywords: EU , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UK
Qu’attend la Belgique pour quitter le Traité sur la charte de l’énergie?
Le Vif | 24-Aug-2023
Faute de consensus intra-belge, la Belgique se refuse toujours à quitter le TCE, en dépit de sa dangerosité, du départ de dix pays européens (dont tous ses voisins) et de son incompatibilité avec le droit de l’Union européenne.
keywords: Belgium , climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS
La procédure d’arbitrage engagée par RWE contre les Pays Bas après la décision de sortie du charbon est irrecevable en droit communautaire
Veblen | 16-Aug-2023
La procédure d’arbitrage engagée par l’entreprise énergétique allemande RWE contre l’État néerlandais sur la base du traité sur la charte de l’énergie est irrecevable au regard du droit de l’Union européenne.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitration: the German Federal Court of Justice’s new inadmissibility ruling
Lexology | 8-Aug-2023
On 27 July 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice (German FCJ) declared three intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitrations inadmissible under German arbitration law given their incompatibility with EU law.
keywords: energy , EU , Germany , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
RWE’s arbitration case against Dutch state over coal ban inadmissible under EU law
SOMO | 28-Jul-2023
Dutch taxpayers have already incurred € 5.4 million in arbitration costs in RWE and Uniper cases.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
EU countries can challenge energy company arbitration claims in court
Energy Central News | 28-Jul-2023
Energy companies cannot force European governments into arbitration over compensation demands for investments hit by changing state climate goals, Germany’s highest civil court ruled.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS
India, EU disagree over dispute settlement in proposed investment protection pact
The Hindu BusinessLine | 13-Jul-2023
New Delhi insists on ’exhaustion of local remedies’ clause but Brussels wants investor court system.
keywords: EU , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
L’Union européenne pousse au retrait du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie qui freine la transition écologique
Novethic | 11-Jul-2023
La Commission européenne a proposé de sortir de cet accord, considéré comme une épée de Damoclès pour la transition énergétique du continent. Alors que dix pays ont annoncé qu’ils se retiraient du Traité, l’étau se resserre.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Joint letter: Energy Ministers must support a coordinated withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty
CAN Europe | 11-Jul-2023
We call on you to support the Commission’s proposal for a coordinated withdrawal of the EU and all its member states from the Energy Charter Treaty and welcome a discussion of the ECT among energy ministers.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Carta a los ministros y ministras de la UE
No a los TCI | 10-Jul-2023
Queremos pedirles que apoyen la propuesta de la Comisión Europea para iniciar una salida coordinada de la Unión Europea (UE) y de todos sus Estados miembro del Tratado de la Carta de la Energía (TCE), y que acojan un debate sobre el TCE entre los Ministros de Energía en el seno de dicho encuentro.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS