…most likely to be applied. Best Practices in Intra-EU BIT Termination Any approach to the termination of intra EU–BITs chosen by the BiH government will have to be in…
…the intra-family dispute between the Rineharts, and the underlying provisions contained in the deeds.2) Rinehart v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 13 Taking this into consideration, the High Court…
…existing 3,000 IIAs that fail to impose any obligation upon the investors, and even from the recent trend of BITs which merely state their commitment to conform to Corporate Social…
…of sharing facilities and expertise? For the Centre, there will be more visibility, especially from the parties to investment arbitration, as CRCICA features in about 32 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)….
…at the domestic level that aspiring arbitrators can gain experience and help develop an arbitration consciousness among the domestic and intra-African businesses, in particular, the small and medium enterprises. This…
…treaties (“BITs”). Between 1991 and 2000, Chile signed more than 50 BITs with states such as Bolivia, France, Germany, Malaysia, Spain, the UK, and Venezuela. However, since 2000, Chile has…
…coming out of this Central Asian region. Protection through Regional BITs In addition, BITs are particularly valuable for addressing cross-border disputes. As recognized by some, consistent with the rise…
…investment arbitration by showing that nearly half (47%) of the already concluded intra-EU investment arbitration cases, between 1987 and 31 July 2018, were decided in favour of a state. However,…
…has 12 BITs in force and 8 signed but not yet in force. It has ongoing disputes under two of its BITs, as recorded by the investment policy hub, where…
…accession” (§84). It was merely the enforcement of a right that had arose in 2005, when Romania repealed the relevant incentives. With respect to the intra-EU aspect of the applicable…
…for intra and extra regional agreement disputes, while it is negotiating a new treaty with the EU. Seeking to Speak With a Single Voice? It is not just a…
…decade long relentless campaign to extinguish intra-EU BITs would be successfully concluded. The aim is apparently to terminate all intra-EU BITs by way of a multilateral treaty among the EU…
…that Morocco ranks second (after Egypt) in Africa with regards to the number of BITs in force, as it has 50 BITs. Concerning commercial arbitrations, Morocco is a contracting state…
…oblige states to destroy foreign investments. Dr. Braun then turned to the meaning of the term “necessity” in BITs as compared to the concept of military necessity in IHL and…
…Uzbekistan has more than 40 BITs currently in force and is a party to several treaties with investment provisions. This is separate from its interest in supporting the development and…
…of treaty practice. As compared to other model BITs which contained no reference to the environment, the latter is now expressly included and needs to be taken into account when…
…and effectively in order to be accorded a fair tax treatment and avoid legal uncertainty. EU’s Inconsistent Take on Arbitration Agreements in Intra-EU BITs in Light of Intra-EU DTTs Arbitrations…
…effects of the Achmea decision on the non-compatibility of arbitration clauses contained in intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties with EU law (Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Case C-284/16)…
…for the steps EU Member States should take in the future of intra-EU investment law and ISDS. He also stressed that the Declaration is not retroactive, irrespective of if one…
…and bilateral investment agreements (“BITs”) containing an arbitration clause. The first and most iconic treaty was the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) from 1994, which entered into force immediately…
…Court further distinguishes CETA from intra-EU BITs by highlighting that the principle of mutual trust, which was at the core of its decision in Achmea, is not applicable to the…
…around 5 years since Indonesia announced its policy to “terminate” its bilateral investment treaties (“BITs“). This was spurred by Indonesia’s concern that it has been pressured by multinational companies, which…
…levels of intra-Commonwealth trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). Indeed, despite being a voluntary association and not a trading bloc, the value of intra-Commonwealth trade in goods and services is…
…precluded intra-EU investment arbitrations because they may undermine the full effectiveness of the autonomy of EU law, ensured by Articles 267 and 344 of the TFEU. This situation begs a…
