{"id":9435,"date":"2024-01-13T08:34:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T07:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/?p=9435"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:33:19","slug":"high-profile-coal-phase-out-intra-eu-arbitration-discontinued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2024\/01\/13\/high-profile-coal-phase-out-intra-eu-arbitration-discontinued\/","title":{"rendered":"High-profile coal phase-out intra-EU arbitration discontinued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2021\/06\/24\/european-energy-disputes-update\/\">reported earlier<\/a>, in 2021, the German energy company RWE filed for a controversial <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips67'>ECT<\/span> arbitration challenging the Netherlands\u2019 coal phase-out. In the context of the arbitration, the Netherlands filed an anti-arbitration action in Germany, basing its objection on the intra-<span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips117'>EU<\/span> argument, leading to a Cologne court decision granting the Netherlands an anti-arbitration declaration. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2023\/09\/30\/the-german-courts-offer-protection-from-intra-eu-arbitrations\/\">Germany&#8217;s Supreme Court upheld this decision<\/a>, affirming the use of Section 1032(2) of the ZPO\u2014the German Civil Procedure Act\u2014despite the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips1'>ICSID Convention<\/span>\u2019s alleged exclusivity. Facing these rulings, RWE opted to discontinue the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips18'>ICSID<\/span> case, with the Netherlands consenting. 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