The Depositary of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), Portugal, has confirmed reception of three written notifications of withdrawal from the ECT, which shall take effect on the following dates:

• France: 8 December 2023
• Germany: 21 December 2023
• Poland: 29 December 2023

According to Article 47(3) of the ECT, all the investments covered by the Treaty at the time a withdrawal takes effect, will...

On 17 March 2023, the Energy Charter Secretariat received a communication from Germany exercising its right under Article 17 of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to deny advantages of Part III of the ECT to any legal entity owned or controlled by citizens or nationals of the Russian Federation and without any substantial business activities, as well as to Investments of Investors of the Russian...

On 14 March 2023, Engineer Shorouq Abdel Ghani, Director of the Planning and Organisational Development Directorate of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, accompanied by Mr Moatasem Al Basheer from the Jordanian Embassy in Brussels, visited the Energy Charter Secretariat to meet with the Secretary-General Mr Guy Lentz and the Deputy Secretary-General,...