There is a lack of consensus among EU member states as to the applicability of the Achmea Ruling to the Energy Charter Treaty.

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline company has asked the Court of Justice of the EU to annul the amendments to the Gas Directive but Nord Stream 2 reserves itself this option of resorting to legal arbitration as well.

Albania, European Union, Georgia, Italy, Slovenia, Spain

The European Commission and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline company are heading toward legal arbitration in their dispute, with a risk of huge fines for EU taxpayers.

Le combat pour défendre l’intérêt public, dont font partie la santé, l’environnement et les conditions dignes de travail, doit être mené à chaque fois qu’un traité de commerce international et de protection des investissements est annoncé.

Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals - being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week - have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown.

L’Institut Montaigne propose de mettre en place une chambre arbitrale euro-africaine qui serait compétente « sur les litiges commerciaux, financiers et judiciaires qui touchent les entreprises européennes en Afrique et africaines en Europe ».

El 31 de mayo el Estado español fue condenado a pagar 41,8 millones de euros a la sociedad radicada en Luxemburgo 9REN Holding tras perder el arbitraje de inversiones interpuesto ante el CIADI.

A confidential internal report, obtained by EURACTIV, lists the multiple failings of the Energy Charter secretariat, at a time when the treaty is undergoing a major revision process and is being used by Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline in a first-time legal proceeding against the EU.

The tobacco industry has a long history of using international trade deals to force their products into new markets.