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Arbitration panel to hear Vodafone challenge to Rs 22,100 crore tax in February 2019
Indian Express | 21-May-2018
The tribunal, headed by Sir Franklin Berman, will hear the government’s objection to tax matters being covered under the Netherlands-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Spain loses its third millionaire arbitration award for the reduction of renewables
Turkey Telegraph | 18-May-2018
ICSID imposes a fine of 64.5 million euros for a claim by a fund of the state of Abu Dhabi.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain , UAE
España pierde el tercer arbitraje de los 40 a los que se enfrenta por las renovables
Cinco Días | 17-May-2018
El fondo soberano Masdar, de Abu Dabi, reclamaba 394 millones por el perjuicio a sus inversiones. El laudo condenatorio se suma a los de Novenergia y Eiser Infraestructures.
keywords: ECT , energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Canada backs foreign investor rights to protect mining sector: Book
Common Sense Canadian | 17-May-2018
Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the country’s insistence on protecting foreign investors’ rights over laws that guard its own citizens and environmental values.
keywords: Canada , corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , NAFTA | USMCA
Progress towards a Multilateral Investment Court? EU-momentum building and divisions in UNCITRAL Working Group III
Lexology | 16-May-2018
The European Commission’s focus on ISDS has been so intense that far-reaching reform has been portrayed by many as inevitable. The Commission’s proposal is for the development of a multilateral investment court system (MIC).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Conoco aims to seize oil cargoes near Citgo’s Aruba terminal
Reuters | 16-May-2018
US oil company ConocoPhillips has brought new court actions to seize two cargoes of crude and fuel near a terminal operated by PDVSA subsidiary Citgo Petroleum in Aruba.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US , Venezuela
Tribunal curazoleño autoriza a ConocoPhillips a incautar 636M$ en activos propiedad de Venezuela
CIAR Global | 16-May-2018
Un tribunal de Curazao autorizó a que la estaodounidense ConocoPhillips incaute activos procedentes de refinerías en la isla propiedad de la estatal venezolana Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) valorados en 636 millones de dólares.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
ConocoPhillips toma activos de estatal venezolana en el Caribe
El Tiempo Latino | 16-May-2018
Este viernes, la empresa Conoco Phillips tomó control de los activos petroleros, específicamente muelles y almacenes, que posee Venezuela en Bonaire y San Eustaquio
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
International body recommends inclusion of Romania’s Roşia Montană in world patrimony list
Romania Insider | 15-May-2018
Rosia Montana Gold Corporation entered a dispute with the Romanian state at the ICSID after the mining project was blocked as the site was declared a historic monument.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
Reko Diq damages claim ‘exaggerated’
Express Tribune | 14-May-2018
The company exaggerated its future profits by underrating tax and royalty obligations by as much as 61 per cent, officials said.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan