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ICSID Tribunal discusses hierarchy between EU law and ECT in Electrabel case
Hungary has recently seen claims brought against it by a Belgian investor for breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) dismissed in the case of …
The Revised Brussels Regulation: Are we back to where we started?
On 10 December, the Council of EU Justice Ministers voted to adopt the revision of Regulation (EC) 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and …
Brussels Regulation reform: a further step towards protecting the arbitration exception
On 20 November 2012 the European Parliament voted in favour of the Legal Affairs' Committee amendments to the European Commission's proposal to reform …
Arbitration agreements set to be protected by the pending Brussels Regulation reform
On 11 October, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee approved its report on reform of the Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and …
German court confirms the protection of investors under intra-EU BITs
On 10 May 2012, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) in Frankfurt issued a long-awaited decision in annulment proceedings brought against a …
Argentina's "expropriation" of Repsol oil subsidiary: the legal landscape
On 16 April 2012, Argentina's President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, presented a draft Bill to Congress setting out the Government's intention to …
"West Tankers" Saga Continues: Court rejects Tribunal's finding that it did not have jurisdiction to award damages for breach of an obligation to arbitrate
In the most recent of a long running series of decisions arising from a collision between the Appellant's vessel, the "Front Comor", and a Sicilian pier …
EU implementing Regulations for Iran oil embargo
On 23 January 2012, the European Council adopted Decision 2012/35/CFSP, setting out a range of new sanctions on Iran, including an oil embargo. Many …
Financial and trade sanctions against Iran strengthened
Three measures against Iran adopted on 23 January 2012 by the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council add yet another layer to the extensive Iranian sanctions …
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