Stabilisation

La diligence raisonnable de l’investisseur et le Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie

Les négociations relatives à la modernisation du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie devraient débuter plus tard dans l’année, et un ensemble de points pour examen par les parties a déjà été annoncé. Cet article examine les perspectives de mises à jour de la formulation actuelle du TJE dans le TCE, et analyse la manière dont cette norme a été interprétée dans d’anciennes affaires d’arbitrage fondées sur les énergies renouvelables. L’auteure argue en faveur de l’inclusion d’une obligation de diligence raisonnable pour les investisseurs, qui permettrait de veiller à ce que ceux-ci anticipent les risques éventuels de modification par un État de son cadre réglementaire.

ITN  |  juillet 12, 2011

Awards and Decisions

Swiss claimant fails jurisdictional stage for not qualifying as an ‘investor’ Alps Finance and Trade AG v. Slovak Republic Damon Vis-Dunbar A claim against the government of Slovakia has failed […]

Freezing government policy: Stabilization clauses in investment contracts

To a significant extent the site of debate about the terms of globalization and its relationship to the regulatory state has shifted from the World Trade Organization to the world of investment treaties and arbitration. Investment treaties typically confer on a foreign investor a right to sue a host state that has allegedly failed to comply with a number of substantive obligations, typical among them the requirement to compensate for expropriation, fair and equitable treatment, and national treatment.

A global thirst: How water is driving the new wave of foreign investment in farmland

It is no longer a secret that there is a new wave of foreign investment in farmland, predominantly in Africa. An explosion of media reports and a series of studies by the World Bank, Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), have confirmed the scale and consequences of this new influx of foreign investment. The World Bank report, by far the most comprehensive, found that reported deals amounted to 45 million hectares in 2009 alone.

ITN  |  novembre 21, 2008

Report says Tanzania is signing bad deals with foreign mining companies

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 21 November 2008 Tanzania is losing large amounts of money from foreign investment in the mining sector due to low royalty rates and generous tax exemptions, while […]

ITN  |  septembre 22, 2008

Se garantiza estabilidad impositiva a inversores extranjeros en Perú

Por Elizabeth Whitsitt 29 de Agosto de 2008 En uno de los dos laudos dictados por el CIADI en agosto donde la firma estadounidense Duke Energy se encuentra involucrada, un […]