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As of 1 June 2022, the Secretariat is aware of 150 investment arbitration cases instituted under the Energy Charter Treaty (sometimes invoked together with a bilateral investment treaty). A full list with information is available here

Since parties to investment arbitration under Article 26 ECT are not obliged to notify the Secretariat of the existence or substance of their dispute, some awards (and even the existence of some proceedings) remain confidential. The Secretariat compiles information (which cannot be considered as exhaustive) from delegates and public sources (including specialized reporting services such as Global Arbitration Review (GAR), Investment Arbitration Reporter (IAReporter) and ItaLaw). The Secretariat assumes no responsibility for eventual errors or omissions in these data and welcomes any additional information or clarification on specific cases (at legalaffairs@encharter.org or using the online contact form). Some case reports prepared by TDM/IACL can be found here. 

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 Lotus Holding Anonim Şirketi v. Turkmenistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/30 
  • > Claimant : Lotus Holding Anonim Şirketi
  • > Nationality : Turkey
  • > Respondent : Turkmenistan
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Vaughan Lowe
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : James Boykin
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Brigitte Stern
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT and BIT
  • > Articles mentioned : Article 26 (1)
  • , Article 26 (2)
  • , Article 1 (6)
  • , Article 1
  • , Article 26
  • > Breaches alleged :  
  • > Breaches found : Manifest lack of legal merit - Rule 41(5) ICSID Arbitration Rules
  • > Case status : Award rendered
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Claims arising out of the Government’s alleged failure to make a retention payment for the construction of two 254-megawatt electric power plants, and of unlawfully terminating the agreement relating to the refinery
  • > BIT Invoked: Turkey-Turkmenistan BIT
  • > Amount claimed: at least EUR 51,702,697.9 + USD 15,650,000
  • > Amount awarded: ZERO
  • > Costs of arbitration: USD 251,780.56
  • > Award legal costs: Respondent was awarded USD 857,210.7 (90% of legal costs)
  • > Award costs of arbitration: Costs follow the award

 

ARBITRAL DECISION

6 April 2020

Award


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 DCM Energy GmbH & Co. Solar 1 KG and others v. Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/41 
  • > Claimant : DCM Energy GmbH & Co. Solar 1 KG; DCM Energy GmbH & Co. Solar 2 KG; Hannover Leasing Sun Invest 2 Spanien Beteiligungs GmbH; Hannover Leasing Sun Invest 2 Spanien GmbH & Co. KG; Edisun Power Europe A.G.
  • > Nationality : Germany, Germany, Germany, Germany, Switzerland
  • > Respondent : Spain
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Carole Malivaud
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Oscar Garibaldi
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Pierre-Marie Dupuy
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: N/A
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A


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 FREIF Eurowind Holdings Ltd. v. Spain, SCC Case No. 2017/060 
  • > Claimant : FREIF Eurowind Holdings Ltd.
  • > Nationality : UK
  • > Respondent : Spain
  • > Procedural rules applied : SCC
  • > Chair : Doug Jones
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Mark Baker (Kaj Hóber replaced)
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Thomas Clay
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Articles mentioned : Article 36 (7)
  • , Article 26 (1)
  • , Article 26 (3)
  • , Article 26 (4)
  • , Article 26 (6)
  • , Article 26 (7)
  • , Article 21 (7)
  • , Article 21 (1)
  • , Article 10 (1)
  • , Article 1 (2)
  • , Article 1 (7)
  • , Article 1 (10)
  • , Article 1
  • , Article 10
  • , Article 13
  • , Article 16
  • , Article 21
  • , Article 25
  • , Article 26
  • > Breaches alleged :  
  • > Breaches found : No breach
  • > Case status : Award rendered
  • > Year of the award or agreement : 2021
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: EUR 124 million (including tax gross-up)
  • > Amount awarded: ZERO
  • > Costs of arbitration: EUR 608,608 and USD 9,451.14
  • > Award legal costs: Respondent was awarded EUR 2,730,536.62 (100% of legal costs)
  • > Award costs of arbitration: Costs follow the award

 

ARBITRAL DECISION

8 March 2021

Final Award


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 Triodos SICAV II v. Spain, SCC Case No. 2017/194 
  • > Claimant : Triodos SICAV II
  • > Nationality : Luxembourg
  • > Respondent : Spain
  • > Procedural rules applied : SCC
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • >Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: N/A
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration : N/A


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 Festorino Invest Limited and others v. Poland, SCC Case No. 2018/098 
  • > Claimant : Festorino Invest Limited, Fosontal Limited, Petry Salesny, Peter Derendinger, Petra Roijcka
  • > Nationality : Cyrpus, Cyprus, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic
  • > Respondent : Poland
  • > Cases&Library : Cases
  • > Procedural rules applied : SCC
  • > Chair : Bernardo Cremades
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Kaj Hobér
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Zachary Douglas
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Articles mentioned : Article 26 (1)
  • , Article 26 (2)
  • , Article 26 (4)
  • , Article 1 (6)
  • , Article 1 (7)
  • , Article 1 (8)
  • , Article 1 (10)
  • , Article 16
  • , Article 26
  • > Breaches alleged :  
  • > Breaches found : No breach
  • > Case status : Award rendered
  • > Year of the award or agreement : 2021
  • > Follow-on proceedings : Pending national court decision on annulment
  • > Year of registration : 2018

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Delayed issuance of licenses and administrative approvals for natural gas concessions
  • > Amount claimed: PLN 373,264,471.38
  • > Amount awarded: ZERO
  • > Costs of arbitration: EUR 937,852.5
  • > Award legal cost: Respondent was awarded PLN 1,296,584.5 (legal fees of the General Counsel to Poland) + 5% per annum 
  • > Award costs of arbitration: Costs follow the award

 

ARBITRAL DECISIONS

30 June 2021

Award

30 July 2021

Correction and Interpretation of Award and Additional Award

 


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 ACF Renewable Energy Limited v. Bulgaria, ICSID Case No. ARB/18/1 
  • > Claimant : ACF Renewable Energy Limited
  • > Nationality : Malta
  • > Respondent : Bulgaria
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: N/A
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A


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 EDF Energies Nouvelles v. Spain, UNCITRAL 
  • > Claimant : EDF Energies Nouvelles
  • > Nationality : France
  • > Respondent : Spain
  • > Procedural rules applied : UNCITRAL (ad hoc)
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2017

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector 
  • > Amount claimed: EUR 52.8 million
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A


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 Mohammed Munshi v. Mongolia, SCC Case No. 2018/007 
  • > Claimant : Mohammed Munshi
  • > Nationality : United Kingdom and Australia
  • > Respondent : Mongolia
  • > Procedural rules applied : SCC
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT and BIT
  • > Articles mentioned : Article 1 (7)
  • , Article 26
  • > Breaches alleged :  
  • > Breaches found : (10.1) Fair and equitable treatment
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2018

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Freezing of assets and suspension of licenses for coal-mining projects
  • > BIT invoked: UK-Mongolia BIT
  • > Amount claimed: USD 135 million
  • > Amount awarded: N/A 
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A  

 

ARBITRAL DECISION

 

5 February 2018

Award on Emergency Measures


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 LSG Building Solutions GmbH and others v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/18/19 
  • > Claimant : LSG Building Solutions GmbH; Pressburg UK GmbH; Green Source Consulting GmbH; Solluce Romania 1 B.V.; Risen Energy Solar Project GmbH; Core Value Investments GmbH & Co KG Gamma; Core Value Capital GmbH; SC LJG Green Source Energy Beta SRL; Anina Pro Invest Ltd.; Giust Ltd.
  • > Nationality : Austria; Germany; Austria; Netherlands; Germany; Germany; Austria; Romania; Cyprus; Cyprus
  • > Respondent : Romania
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Juan Fernandez Armesto
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Thomas Johnson
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Pierre-Marie Dupuy
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Case status : Pending
  • > Year of registration : 2018

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: estim. USD 250 million
  • > Amount awarded: N/A 
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A  

 


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 Veolia Propreté SAS v. Italy, ICSID Case No. ARB/18/20 
  • > Claimant : Veolia Propreté SAS
  • > Respondent : Italy
  • > Procedural rules applied : ICSID
  • > Chair : Eduardo Zuleta
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Claimant : Judith Gill
  • > Arbitrator appointed by Respondent : Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
  • > Invoked instruments : ECT
  • > Year of registration : 2018

  • > Subject matter of the dispute: Legal reforms affecting the renewable energy sector
  • > Amount claimed: N/A
  • > Amount awarded: N/A
  • > Costs of arbitration: N/A
  • > Award legal costs: N/A
  • > Award costs of arbitration: N/A


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