This event brought together legal experts, practitioners and policy-makers to discuss the legal and practical arrangements, which govern the involvement of the European Union (EU) and its Member States in investment arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).
It aimed to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the topic and explore the broader implications of the application of the investment provisions of the ECT on
- the integrity of EU law,
- international investment law and in light of the above,
- assess the added value of the ECT for energy investments.
Addressing these questions, the conference was divided into three parts:
- Part I focused on the “intra-EU” aspects of investment arbitration under the ECT examining how investment tribunals deal with EU law and also looked into the compatibility of the intra-EU application of the ECT with EU law.
- Part II focused on the “extra-EU” aspects of the ECT. It focused on recent developments in EU external investment policy, such as when and how the EU and its Member States bear international responsibility and can be respondents to “extra-EU” investment arbitration.
- Part III examined the added value of investment protection under the ECT. Contributions in this part explored the protection of energy investments under EU law and the ECT, highlighting the importance of the ECT for the protection of energy investments in Europe.