EU
The Brussels Times | 4-Feb-2026
The European Commission has launched new legal steps against several EU countries over energy-related obligations, including continued participation in the Energy Charter Treaty.
European Commission | 23-Jan-2026
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether an arbitration award, in which Bulgaria is ordered to pay compensation to ACF for changes to a renewable electricity support measure, is in line with EU State aid rules.
EJIL: Talk! | 16-Jan-2026
It seems clear that the EU’s sanctions-protecting measures cannot be reconciled with the international legality that underpins ISDS.
Euractiv | 12-Dec-2025
La Commission européenne menace Budapest de nouvelles poursuites judiciaires pour avoir autorisé la compagnie pétrolière nationale MOL à utiliser le controversé Traité sur la charte de l’énergie afin de poursuivre un autre État membre, en violation flagrante d’une décision de la justice européenne.
Institut Veblen | 9-Dec-2025
Les sanctions économiques contre l’État russe sont contestées par des oligarques et des entreprises russes devant des tribunaux privés, via un mécanisme inclus dans les traités d’investissement.
European Trade Justice Coalition | 9-Dec-2025
Economic sanctions against Russia are now being challenged by Russian oligarchs and companies in private tribunals using a mechanism written into investment treaties.
Politico | 18-Nov-2025
Belgium fears that using the assets would leave it exposed to Russian legal action. This is a major concern for Belgium, which has a bilateral investment treaty with Russia, first signed in 1989.
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Russia
Freshfields | 5-Nov-2025
These new provisions expand the legal tools available to EU Member States to resist and deter investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) proceedings brought by Russian investors in connection to measures imposed within the EU’s sanctions regime against Russia.
Kosova Press | 18-Jul-2025
The European Commission has referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union for refusing to comply with a key European Union ruling on investor-state arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Kosova Press | 18-Jul-2025
La Commission européenne a saisi la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne à l’encontre de la Hongrie pour avoir refusé de se conformer à une décision clé de l’Union européenne sur l’arbitrage entre investisseurs et États en vertu du traité sur la Charte de l’énergie.
