Intra-European Union Treaties & Claims
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German Court rejects Slovak Republic’s suggestion that arbitrators were wrong to find jurisdiction over intra-EU investment treaty dispute
May 10, 2012
Kaufmann-Kohler tribunal dismisses another intra-EU investment treaty claim against Slovak Republic; government has won four treaty claims to date, four more pending
May 3, 2012
Italy put on notice of treaty claim arising out of economic austerity
Apr 30, 2012
Long-running dispute over bankrupt factory in Hungary leads to intra-EU BIT claim
Apr 22, 2012
New ICSID Claims: Gas investors file against new Slovak Gov't; more claims for Equatorial Guinea and Turkmenistan
Apr 10, 2012
In new ruling, Poland held liable for breach of intra-EU BIT
Mar 26, 2012
Czech Republic announces dismissal of Swiss claim arising out of failed waste incineration plant
Mar 26, 2012
Poland wins investment treaty arbitration with EU investor; government sits on growing cache of unpublished rulings
Feb 7, 2012
ICSID nixes effort by two blocs of investors in Hungary to unilaterally join their arbitral claims
Dec 31, 2011
Arbitrators reject Greek investor’s claims that Romanian tax enforcements and food safety inspections breached investment treaty; Romania must bear $4 Million of its legal costs
Dec 15, 2011
Arbitrators decline jurisdiction over Romania’s counter-claim against investor; Counter-claims popping up in other ICSID cases, particularly Ecuadorian oil disputes
Dec 15, 2011
ANALYSIS: Novel human rights arguments are raised in Romania arbitration at ICSID; tribunal views BIT protections as more protective than European rights convention counterparts
Dec 15, 2011
Swedish energy company reportedly planning new ICSID arbitration over German nuclear phase-out
Nov 2, 2011
As new arbitral claim is brought against Kyrgyzstan, an ICSID award remains unpaid
Sep 29, 2011
Efforts to set-aside intra-EU BIT award likely to be abandoned, as government claims victory in arbitration
Sep 7, 2011
Renewable energy arbitration claims on horizon, but states take differing approaches to public disclosure
Sep 7, 2011
France’s second largest pharmaceutical company quietly pursues arbitration against Republic of Poland
Aug 19, 2011
Foreign investors withdraw request that arbitrators order government to reinstate certain incentives; as final award looms, arbitrators tell state officials to give two months notice before assets are seized in tax dispute
Jul 7, 2011
Arbitrators to decline jurisdiction over $1 Billion arbitration claim by Dutch investor in Slovak health insurance sector
May 17, 2011
Human Rights Court finds no damage suffered by foreign investors from shares freeze; parallel investment arbitration threatened against Czech Republic
Mar 31, 2011
Czech Republic terminates investment treaties in such a way as to cast doubt on residual legal protection for existing investments
Feb 1, 2011
Tribunal constituted in ad-hoc arbitration brought by Italian businessman against Lithuania citing flawed privatization tender process
Feb 1, 2011
Bulgaria sued over cancelled waste contract
Feb 1, 2011
AES seeks to annul losing verdict in energy dispute with Hungary
Feb 1, 2011
German courts asked to overturn finding of jurisdiction by arbitral tribunal in intra-EU investment dispute
Jan 13, 2011
Investors in mining project put Slovakia on notice of treaty claim; claimant hope to use treaty that was subject to narrow reading in prior arbitration
Jan 13, 2011
Arbitrators uphold jurisdiction over investor claim against Slovakia; dispute over health insurance investments not derailed by Slovak accession to the European Union
Nov 4, 2010
ANALYSIS: Tribunal rejects objections of European Commission and Slovak Republic in arbitration; Vienna Convention arguments examined in detail
Nov 4, 2010
EC asks member-states to signal by year’s end whether they will terminate their intra-EU investment treaties; spectre of legal action looms
Oct 20, 2010
European Commission and member-states will meet to discuss whether BITs are needed within European Union
Sep 28, 2010
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