ITN – Investment Treaty News

Le règlement d’arbitrage du SIAC entre en vigueur ; le nouveau règlement de la CCS inclut un appendice sur les différends au titre de traités d’investissement Le Règlement d’arbitrage des investissements du Singapore Investment Arbitration Centre (SIAC) est entré en vigueur le 1erjanvier 2017. L’on y retrouve, entre autres éléments intéressants, des dispositions relatives au rejet […]

Sentences et Décisions

Un tribunal du CIRDI rejette les recours présentés contre l’Indonésie fondés sur des licences minières falsifiées Churchill Mining PLC et Planet Mining Pty Ltd c. la République d’Indonésie, affaire CIRDI n° ARB/12/14 et affaire CIRDI n° ARB/12/40 Inaê Siqueira de Oliveira[*] Après avoir rendu deux décisions distinctes sur la compétence, l’une dans l’affaire présentée par […]

Resources and Events

Ressources Le « Treaty Shopping » dans le droit international des investissements Par Jorun Baumgartner, publié par Oxford University Press, février 2017 Cet ouvrage examine la pratique du « treaty shopping » – c’est-à-dire le changement stratégique de nationalité ou l’invocation stratégique d’une autre nationalité dans le but d’accéder à un autre traité d’investissement aux fins d’un arbitrage relatif […]

Nouvelles en Bref

(English) Trump election affects mega-regional negotiations including TTIP, TPP and RCEP

Brazil and India initial Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT); text yet to be published

CETA signed; Canada and European Union to “work expeditiously” on creating a Multilateral Investment Court

Sentences et Decisions

(English) Venezuela to Pay Us$1 Billion For Expropriating Canadian Mining Company’s Investment

ICSID Tribunal dismisses MFN Clause in WTO GATS as a means of importing Senegal’s consent to arbitration from third party BIT

PCA tribunal deemed acts of Polish Agricultural Property Agency not attributable to Poland

Claimant not considered Investor due to interpretation of “Seat” under Cyprus–Montenegro BIT

Ecuador’s Levy on extraordinary oil profits at a 99% rate has breached Murphy’s legitimate expectations, decides PCA tribunal

Ecuador ordered by PCA tribunal to pay $24 million to Canadian Mining Company

News in Brief

(English) US$50 billion awards against Russia in Yukos Cases are set aside by Dutch Court

TTIP draft to be prepared by July; ISDS being built based on both EU and US proposals

China – US BIT: ISDS to be included; ongoing negotiations on negative lists

Three mining disputes: The first investment disputes against Colombia come to light

Canada-European Union CETA re-concluded in February to incorporate the EU ICS proposal

Second ICSID claim filed against Uruguay; Philip Morris decision still pending

Singapore International Arbitration centre releases investment arbitration rules

US$50 billion awards against Russia in Yukos cases are set aside by Dutch court

(English) In a judgment dated April 20, 2016, the District Court of The Hague, in the Netherlands, set aside awards that had ordered Russia to pay US$50 billion to the shareholders of Yukos, a bankrupt oil company.

TTIP draft to be prepared by July; ISDS being built based on both EU and U.S. proposals

(English) Officials from the European Union and the United States gathered in Brussels for the 12th round of negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) from February 22 to 26.

China–United States BIT: ISDS to be included; ongoing negotiations on negative lists

(English) Since 2008, China and the United States have undergone 24 negotiation rounds for a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).

Three mining disputes: the first investment disputes against Colombia come to light

(English) On February 19, 2016, Cosigo Resources (Canada) and Tobie Mining and Energy (United States) submitted an arbitration request against Colombia under the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) concluded by Colombia with the United States and Canada.

Canada–European Union CETA re-concluded in February to incorporate EU ICS proposal

Responding to EU requests, Canadian and EU officials reopened negotiations of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) concluded in 2014 to reformulate the agreement’s investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause. Re-concluded on February 29, the CETA now includes a standing tribunal and an appeals mechanism, in line with the EU ICS proposal, also included in the […]

Second ICSID claim filed against Uruguay; Philip Morris decision still pending

(English) On March 24, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) registered (Case No. ARB/16/9) a request for arbitration filed by U.S. telecom company Italba against Uruguay.

Singapore International Arbitration Centre releases investment arbitration rules

(English) On February 1, 2016, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) released draft rules tailored to investment arbitration (Draft SIAC Rules), to be finalized in May following public consultation.