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Pourquoi le Mexique bat un record de litiges avec les investisseurs étrangers
Les Echos | 25-Jul-2022
La résiliation de plusieurs contrats de concession et les politiques protectionnistes du président Andrés Manuel López Obrador dans l’énergie suscitent la colère des investisseurs étrangers.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA
The Energy Charter Treaty has not aged well
Energy Monitor | 18-Jul-2022
Despite warnings that new oil and gas fields must be banned for the world to decarbonise by 2050, treaty signatories will protect fossil fuel production for at least another decade.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Nigeria eyes global energy charter for investments
Daily Trust | 7-Jul-2022
Nigeria is targeting to be part of the International Energy Charter (IEC), a global community that will enable it to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to accelerate power sector development.
keywords: Africa , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nigeria
Croatia loses international arbitration against Hungary’s MOL over gas business
Euractiv | 7-Jul-2022
Croatia has lost an international arbitration case launched by Hungarian oil and gas group MOL over Zagreb’s failure to fulfil obligations under an agreement about the gas business of the jointly owned Croatian oil company INA.
keywords: Croatia , ECT , energy , Hungary , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Un tribunal ALENA de l’affaire Westmoreland c. Canada infirme sa compétence, considérant que le demandeur ne détenait ou ne contrôlait pas l’investissement au moment de la violation alléguée
IISD | 6-Jul-2022
Le différend portait sur un investissement réalisé par Westmoreland Coal Company, une entreprise enregistrée aux États-Unis, dans deux entreprises canadiennes en avril 2014.
keywords: Canada , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
NAFTA tribunal in Westmoreland v. Canada declines jurisdiction, finding that the claimant did not own or control the investment at the time of the alleged breach
IISD | 6-Jul-2022
The dispute pertained to an investment made by Westmoreland Coal Company, a US‑incorporated company, in two Canadian enterprises in April 2014.
keywords: Canada , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Ascent starts mediation process in Slovenian partner dispute
SeeNews | 5-Jul-2022
UK-listed Ascent Resources and its Slovenian joint venture partner Geoenergo have initiated the mediation process under a dispute resolution mechanism.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Slovenia
Deal for modernized Energy Charter Treaty insufficient for ambitious climate action
IISD | 28-Jun-2022
The new "agreement in principle" for a modernized Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) falls short of pledges to make the trade and investment deal better suited to achieving international climate goals, IISD experts say.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Stockholm arbitration tribunal denies jurisdiction over intra-EU investment dispute under the Energy Charter Treaty
CMS Law-Now | 27-Jun-2022
In a award, made in Green Power Partners K/S and SCE Solar Don Benito APS v Spain, a tribunal unanimously denied its jurisdiction over an intra-EU investment dispute arising under the Energy Charter Treaty.
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Traité sur la charte de l’énergie : l’Union européenne reste engagée dans cet accord décrié
Novethic | 27-Jun-2022
Critiqué depuis des années, le Traité sur la charte de l’énergie faisait l’objet d’une refonte depuis 2018. Malgré la pression, la Commission européenne a choisi de rester dans le TCE, moyennant quelques amendements.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS