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ECT
Energy Charter Treaty
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16-Apr-2018 Out-Law
French court upholds literal interpretation of investment treaty
A recent decision under the Energy Charter Treaty by France’s highest court appears to signal a return to a literal interpretation by the French courts of international treaties.
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26-Mar-2018 Cision
US court grants enforcement of US$520 million award against Republic of Kazakhstan
US court issued its ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in Stati et al. v. Rep. of Kazakhstan, a long-running litigation concerning the Stati Parties’ efforts to enforce a $520 million arbitral award under the Energy Charter Treaty.
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20-Mar-2018 The Nation
Pakistan and the Energy Charter Treaty
Pakistan has been an observer to the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) since 2005 and has subsequently indicated its intention to become a full member.
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1-Mar-2018 Energy Voice
Solar wars: Part IV - The Eiser award was not a rogue one
The tribunal found that Novenergia’s investments were achieving a reasonable rate of return. However, the tribunal held that it was sufficient for the claim to succeed that Novenergia could show “quantifiable prejudice” compared with its position when it initially made its investment.
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1-Mar-2018 Lexology
Solar wars: Part III - Return of the European Commission
On 26 December 2017, the Commission published its decision that attacked the ECT claims brought by investors against Spain (and other EU states).
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1-Mar-2018 Mondaq
Solar wars: Part II – The states strike back
One tribunal could interpret the effect of legislative provisions differently to another. So while Eiser opens up the prospect of more claims, Blusun may narrow the basis for claims.
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1-Mar-2018 Clyde & Co
Solar wars: Part I – A new hope for investors?
With the global financial crisis, solar power incentives schemes became unbearably costly and Spain repealed those incentives. Consequently, many investors brought arbitration claims under the Energy Charter Treaty.
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26-Feb-2018 Umweltinstitut München
Report: Is the arbitration clause of the Energy Charter Treaty compatible with EU law in its application between EU Member States?
Despite the fact that the ECT was initiated and designed by the EU, there are compelling grounds to doubt the compatibility of the ECT’s arbitration clause with the principles underpinning the EU’s judicial system.
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26-Feb-2018 Wind Power
Spain to pay compensation to renewables investors
In a second international ruling against retroactive cuts in renewables support introduced by the Spanish government in 2013, a Swedish arbitration panel has awarded a Luxembourg-based investment firm €53 million compensation.
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21-Feb-2018 Reuters
Kazakhstan’s frozen billions sound alarm for sovereign funds
The case is one of several brought to courts in Europe by Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati who is attempting to force the Kazakh government to pay up in a dispute about his energy investments in the oil-rich country.
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12-Feb-2018 Cision
US$22.6 billion of assets of Kazakhstan’s national fund remains frozen
Frozen assets secure a US$520 million award against Republic of Kazakhstan.
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26-Jan-2018 Arbitration Blog
A new Micula-type case on the horizon?
The EC claimed intra-EU investment treaty arbitration is in breach of EU law. If the CJEU were to confirm the decision of the EC, the application of the ICSID Convention within the EU would be seriously endangered.
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9-Jan-2018 Reuters
Moldovan businessman to seek foreclosure of Kazakh oil field stake
Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati will ask bailiffs to sell a $5.2 billion stake in the Kashagan oil field owned by a Kazakh sovereign wealth fund if Astana refuses to pay a $500 million arbitration award.
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8-Jan-2018 Cision
Dutch court upholds $5.2 billion asset freeze on Kazakhstan oil field
The Dutch court held that Kazakhstan is and will remain the sole shareholder of Samruk and that Samruk’s board is controlled by Kazakhstan.
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8-Jan-2018 IELP Blog
Spain meets the ICSID grand inquisitor: the Eiser case
The recent Eiser v. Spain ICSID award is yet another example of a state being condemned to pay a large monetary sum merely because an investor has been economically disadvantaged by a reasonable and necessary regulatory change.
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4-Jan-2018 CIAR Global
Comisión Europea: Arbitrajes de las renovables contra España contrarios al Derecho de la Unión
La mayoría de los arbitrajes contra España han sido iniciados por inversores de otros Estados de la UE, por lo que esta situación es contraria al Derecho de la Unión.
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21-Dec-2017 Nasdaq
BNY Mellon freezes $22 bln in Kazakhstan assets
The legal row between Stati, his son Gabriel, two family-controlled companies and the Republic of Kazakhstan has dragged on for years in various courts.
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29-Nov-2017 Derains & Gharavi
Hamid Gharavi and Melanie van Leeuwen secure a third consecutive victory against Kazakhstan for a US$ 30 million award
An ICSID tribunal has ordered Kazakhstan to pay nearly US$25 million for the seizure of investments at the port of Aktau on the Caspian Sea.
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15-Nov-2017 L’Orient le Jour
Quand les gouvernements protègent les investissements polluants
Une grande partie du problème tient aux traités bilatéraux et aux dispositions sur l’investissement inscrites dans les accords commerciaux plus généraux.
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9-Nov-2017 Project Syndicate
When climate leaders protect dirty investments
Much of the problem can be traced to bilateral investment treaties and investment rules embedded within broader trade pacts.
News from the movements
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17-Apr-2018 La Vía Campesina
Hoy #17Abril: Exigimos que se garanticen los Derechos de lxs Campesinxs ¡Basta de TLC, basta de impunidad!
La Vía Campesina llama a resistir de manera organizada a los tratados que intentan apoderarse de nuestros bienes naturales y mercados locales, para beneficio del capital transnacional y del agronegocio con el encubridor silencio de los Estados. -
17-Apr-2018 News Click
Peru: Final statement from the people’s summit
The representatives of social and popular organizations of Peru, Latin America and the Caribbean, met in Lima, Peru from April 10 to 14, 2018 to discuss the political, social and economic reality of Our America. -
16-Apr-2018 Marcha
Frente a los TLC: Día Internacional de las Luchas Campesinas
El movimiento internacional de organizaciones campesinas, trabajadores/as rurales migrantes y jornaleros/as sin tierra, hace un llamado a articular acciones para visibilizar las graves consecuencias sufridas por los Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLC). -
11-Apr-2018 La Via Campesina
Día Internacional de las Luchas Campesinas 2018: ¡Llamado de La Vía Campesina a articular acciones unitarias descentralizadas!
¡Por tierra y por la vida! ¡Basta de Tratados de Libre Comercio, basta de impunidad! -
10-Apr-2018 La Via Campesina
Journée internationale des luttes paysannes 2018 : Appel de La Vía Campesina pour des actions unitaires décentralisées !
Pour la terre et la vie ! Assez des Traités de Libre Échange, assez de l’impunité ! -
10-Apr-2018 La Via Campesina
International day of peasants’ struggles 2018: La Via Campesina calls for the coordination of decentralised, united action!
For land and for life! Enough free trade agreements, enough impunity! -
5-Apr-2018 La Vía Campesina
17 de Abril: ECVC – ¡Liberen a los campesinos de los tratados de libre comercio!
Las violaciones de los derechos fundamentales de lxs campesinxs, que, por desgracia, ocurren a diario, se acrecientan ahora por los tratados de libre comercio (TLC) que están exclusivamente al servicio de las multinacionales. -
4-Apr-2018 Waging Nonviolence
Zapatista women inspire the fight against patriarchy
When the Zapatista National Liberation Army went public, they called NAFTA a death sentence for the indigenous peasants of Mexico
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