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Should the European Union fix, leave or kill the Energy Charter Treaty?
CCSI | 10-Feb-2021
While withdrawing, EU Member States could attempt to negotiate out of the sunset clause but would be subjected to it unless all other ECT Members agree to relieve them from the application of the clause.
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Coreana amenaza a Perú con acudir a arbitraje por bloqueo de su inversión
CIAR Global | 9-Feb-2021
El proyecto Camisea vuelve ser el centro y foco de un posible arbitraje.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , Peru
Google could use ISDS to sue Australia for millions over regulation for payment of news content
AFTINET | 9-Feb-2021
Google’s Singapore subsidiary could use a controversial ISDS provision in the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement to demand millions in compensation over proposed Australian regulation for payment of news content.
keywords: Australia , e-commerce | digital economy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Singapore
Perú es el país más demandado en arbitraje CIADI en 2020
CIAR Global | 8-Feb-2021
En 2020, el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI) registró el récord de 54 arbitrajes bajo las Reglas de Arbitraje en virtud del Convenio CIADI, tres al amparo del Reglamento del Mecanismo Complementario y uno bajo las Reglas de Conciliación del Convenio CIADI.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
Russia seeks reversal of judgment in Yukos case in Dutch Supreme Court
TASS | 8-Feb-2021
The Russian side also repeatedly drew attention to the fact that Yukos shareholders have no right to use modern protection mechanisms, since the privatization of the company was accompanied by deception, corruption and tax evasion
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
Ioukos : les demandes des requérants sont «immorales», estime le vice-ministre russe de la Justice
RT | 8-Feb-2021
Les ex-actionnaires de Ioukos, ex-groupe placé en liquidation judiciaire en 2006, poursuivent la Russie pour obtenir 50 milliards de dollars d’indemnisation.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
Q&A: Int’l arbitration expert on Alberta’s threat of ’slam-dunk’ case v. USA over Keystone veto
West Law | 8-Feb-2021
Alberta’s Premier said that the Canadian province, which has an equity in the now-canceled Keystone XL pipeline, may seek compensation under investor-protection provisions still in effect under NAFTA
keywords: Canada , climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
PTI govt has not signed or ratified any BIT as yet
Business Recorder | 8-Feb-2021
Sources said that the government will have its own template for a BIT, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Pakistan
La eléctrica alemana RWE denuncia a Países Bajos por prohibir uso de carbón
Investing | 5-Feb-2021
La eléctrica alemana RWE (DE:RWEG_p) inició este jueves un caso de arbitraje internacional para exigir una compensación al Gobierno neerlandés por los efectos de la prohibición del uso de carbón a partir de 2030 en Países Bajos, donde tiene una central de energía que podrá sufrir 1.400 millones de euros en pérdidas, lo que ha causado polémica en La Haya.
keywords: ECT , energy , Europe , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Les Pays-Bas veulent interdire les centrales au charbon, RWE réclame des indemnités
Le Soir | 5-Feb-2021
Le géant allemand de l’énergie RWE réclame à l’Etat néerlandais une compensation à son projet d’interdire la production d’électricité à l’aide de centrales au charbon. L’entreprise estime qu’elle pourrait subir 1,4 milliard d’euros de dommages.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands